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TikTok · 4 weeks ago

Software Engineer, Ads Serving and Foundation - USDS

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

$137K/yr - $360K/yr

2+ years exp

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Software Engineer for their Ads Serving and Foundation team. The role involves building and operating scalable ad serving infrastructure systems and driving engineering efforts through cross-functional collaboration.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Building and operating scalable and reliable ads serving infrastructure systems

Communicate cross-functionally across various teams, organizations and internal and external stakeholders to drive engineering efforts

Lead innovation efforts, and bring in new ideas and technologies

Qualification

Large-scale backend systemsData pipelinesComputer Science fundamentalsAds domain experienceBuilding ads serving infrastructureCoding skillsCuriosity towards new technologiesProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical disciplines

2+ years of working experience and extensive knowledge of modern software tech stack, including large-scale backend systems, and data pipelines

Strong Computer Science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, software design), coding skills and problem-solving skills

Curiosity towards new technologies and entrepreneurship

Preferred

Experience in the Ads domain

Experience with building large-scale ads serving infrastructure

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

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