TikTok · 15 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, Ads Pangle - USDS
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$137K/yr - $360K/yr
3+ years expTikTok is a leading platform for creativity and connection, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Ads Pangle team. This role involves designing and implementing ad-serving systems, optimizing delivery strategies, and enhancing algorithms to maximize monetization efficiency.
Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo
Responsibilities
Design and implement highly available ad-serving systems capable of handling large-scale traffic with low latency
Develop and optimize delivery strategies for various ad placements to maximize monetization efficiency
Improve core algorithms and systems across ad recall, ranking, bidding, and traffic allocation
Leverage large-scale advertising data to enhance user- and ad-level monitoring systems, and build analytical and optimization tools for campaign performance
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
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical disciplines
3+ 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
Preferred
Strong programming expertise in C++ or Go, including debugging and performance optimization in general-purpose languages
Experience building or maintaining large-scale advertising infrastructure or similar high-throughput, low-latency systems
Excellent teamwork and communication skills, with a strong sense of ownership and the ability to move projects forward independently
Strong business and data intuition, passion for tackling complex problems, and proven ability in abstraction, project execution, and innovation
Benefits
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
TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.
10001+ employees
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CEO
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