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TikTok · 3 days ago

Software Engineer Graduate (Data Platfrom TikTok BP) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$119K/yr - $259K/yr

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Software Development Engineer to join their Data Platform team. In this role, you will design and build data transformations and big data systems that support core products and business operations, directly impacting hundreds of millions of users.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design and build data transformations efficiently and reliably for different purposes (e.g. reporting, growth analysis, multi-dimensional analysis)

Design and implement reliable, scalable, robust and extensible big data systems that support core products and business

Establish solid design and best engineering practice for engineers as well as non-technical people

Qualification

Big Data stackAPI developmentData services developmentETL/ELTJavaPythonSQLQuantitative field degreeCommunication skillsCollaboration skills

Required

BS/MS from a quantitative field of study (CS, STEM, etc)

Experience in API, backend, and data services development

Experience in Big Data stack(Hadoop, M/R, Hive, Spark, Metastore, Presto, Flume, Kafka, ClickHouse, Flink etc.)

Experience with ETL (Extraction, Transformation & Loading) or ELT, and architecting data systems

Ability to ship code in Java, Python and SQL

Solid communication and collaboration skills

Benefits

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

10 paid holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)

Company

TikTok

Glassdoor3.4

TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.

Founded in 2003

Los Angeles, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.tiktok.com

H1B Sponsorship

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