TikTok

Senior/Staff LLM Application Engineer - Data Application

TikTok$212K — $450K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Familiarity with data products and ecosystems.
  • Solid understanding of LLM application development concepts and technologies.
  • Proficiency in Python and strong coding skills.
  • Proven experience in data product development or domain-specific data analysis.
  • In-depth knowledge of LLM fundamentals and application ecosystems.

Responsibilities

  • Actively contribute to developing intelligent data products.
  • Analyze user feedback and apply technical expertise to resolve issues.
  • Monitor and adopt cutting-edge industry technologies.
  • Iterate on existing products and improve performance based on insights.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance product offerings.

Benefits

  • Day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match.
  • Paid parental leave and disability coverage.
  • Life insurance and wellbeing benefits.
  • 10 paid holidays and 10 paid sick days per year.
  • 17 days of Paid Personal Time with increasing accruals by tenure.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Team Introduction: We are an agile, cross-functional team leveraging the company-wide data platform infrastructure to explore the integration of large language models (LLMs) with data products. Our mission is to innovate next-generation solutions for data querying and analytics-covering key scenarios such as A/B testing and BI dashboards-by harnessing LLMs and peripheral technologies. Ultimately, we aim to deliver end-to-end solutions that rival the capabilities of human engineers and analysts. As a member of our team, you are expected to: 1. Actively contribute to the development and iteration of intelligent data products. 2. Continuously analyze user feedback, build business insights, and apply technical expertise to identify and resolve issues. 3. Closely monitor, learn, and adopt cutting-edge industry technologies.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: 1. Familiarity with data products, including foundational knowledge of data production, querying, and analytics, as well as related ecosystems. 2. Solid understanding of concepts and technologies in LLM application development (e.g., prompt engineering, knowledge retrieval, agentic systems, benchmarking); hands-on experience is a strong plus. 3. Proficiency in Python and other programming languages, with strong coding skills. Preferred Qualifications: 1. Proven experience in data product development or domain-specific data analysis. 2. In-depth understanding and hands-on experience in areas such as LLM fundamentals, fine-tuning, evaluation, and application ecosystems.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $212800 - $450000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

About TikTok

TikTok is a social media app that allows users to create and share short videos. The app was launched in 2016 by Chinese tech company ByteDance. TikTok has become one of the most popular social media apps in the world, with over 1 billion active users. The app has been downloaded over 2 billion times worldwide. TikTok has faced controversy over its data privacy practices and its potential ties to the Chinese government. In 2020, the app faced a potential ban in the United States, but a deal was reached with Oracle and Walmart to create a new company called TikTok Global.
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1,750 employees
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Founded
2012

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