Tiktok - San Jose, CA

posted 4 days ago

Full-time - Mid Level
San Jose, CA
Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

About the position

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, with a mission to inspire creativity and bring joy. The ads core team at TikTok is a platform team that develops state-of-the-art ad technologies, including ranking, retrieval, targeting, bidding, and auction systems. As a Software Engineer in the Ads Core team, you will play a crucial role in optimizing ad formats and ranking strategies, ultimately enhancing the return on investment for advertisers. This position offers the opportunity to work on highly scalable machine learning systems and models that improve ad ranking results. You will be responsible for exploring, developing, and experimenting with new features to enhance model accuracy, ensuring that the ads platform objectives are met while leveraging modern machine learning techniques to improve ad quality and relevancy. Additionally, you will develop robust core systems and algorithms, including the ads format selection system, ads ranking system, and model serving system. At TikTok, we believe in the power of collaboration and innovation. Every challenge is viewed as an opportunity to learn and grow as a team. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where diverse voices are celebrated, and we strive to reflect the communities we serve. Join us in our mission to inspire creativity and bring joy to users around the globe.

Responsibilities

  • Build highly scalable machine learning systems/models to improve ads ranking results.
  • Explore, develop and experiment with new features to improve model accuracy.
  • Understand ads platform objectives and leverage modern machine learning to enhance ad quality and relevancy.
  • Develop robust core systems and algorithms, including ads format selection system, ads ranking system, and model serving system.

Requirements

  • BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related engineering fields with 3+ years of software development experience.
  • Strong coding skills, especially in Python/C++/Go/SQL, with a solid foundation in data structures and algorithms.
  • Knowledge of and hands-on experience with big data processing and parallel computing frameworks, such as Hadoop and Spark.
  • Business acumen and excellent problem-solving, project management, and analytical skills.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience in building high-load distributed systems or data processing pipelines.
  • Experience in building and troubleshooting machine learning workloads on distributed systems.
  • Experience in developing modern ads ranking/retrieval/targeting systems and recommender systems.

Benefits

  • 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents.
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company match.
  • Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans.
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options for Health Care, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care.
  • 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) and 10 paid sick days per year.
  • 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.
  • Mental and emotional health benefits through EAP and Lyra.
  • 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements.
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