TikTok · 2 weeks ago
Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform - Experimentation & Evaluation
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$187K/yr - $438K/yrTikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. The Senior Software Engineer in the experimentation and evaluation team will build and optimize a data platform that supports A/B testing and data-driven decision-making for the company's core products.
Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo
Responsibilities
Design and build efficient, reliable data transformations for reporting, growth analysis, and multi-dimensional analytics
Design and implement scalable, robust, and extensible big data systems that support core products and experimentation use cases
Build and evolve platform services covering the full A/B testing lifecycle: experiment design, metrics computation, statistical analysis, evaluation, and launch decisions
Apply strong engineering practices and system design principles to create maintainable, high-quality systems used by both engineers and non-technical users
Collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, and partner teams to translate business problems into technical solutions
Explore and integrate LLM-based capabilities to improve platform intelligence, usability, and developer/product workflows
Qualification
Required
BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Strong back-end engineering skills
Experience with big data technologies such as Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive, Spark, Metastore, Presto, Flume, Kafka, ClickHouse, or Flink
Experience with data analysis, data ingestion, and data integration
Solid communication and collaboration skills
Preferred
Industry experience building large-scale distributed systems in a production environment
Experience with ETL pipelines, data system architecture, schema design, and data modeling
Experience with front-end development and/or distributed big data systems (strong plus)
Experience in data privacy and security–related projects
Hands-on experience or strong interest in LLMs, including applying them to real product or platform use cases
Strong statistical foundations and familiarity with experimentation or A/B testing concepts
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
TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.
Founded in 2003
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
N Ali Mohamed
CEO
Blake Chandlee
VP Global Business Solutions
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