Tech Lead Machine Learning Engineer, Tiktok Business Integrity

$210,000 - $358,000/Yr

Tiktok - San Jose, CA

Full-time - Senior

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 Business Integrity team is dedicated to technical excellence and user focus, aiming to provide reliable and high-performing platforms and services. We are looking for strong software engineers who are eager to grow their business understanding and build scalable software while collaborating with global teams. As TikTok continues to grow rapidly, we are developing next-generation ads integrity systems to protect against potential threats. This role involves leading the workstream for building integrity solutions for TikTok's business, including user-centric applications and knowledge base systems using cutting-edge technologies. Candidates will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure safe and trusted connections between users, businesses, and TikTok. A comprehensive understanding of ads moderation, risk control, and policy is essential, along with experience in building large-scale user-facing systems.

Responsibilities

• Build highly scalable systems and strategies including ad fraud detection, risk control, and ads integrity systems to improve user experiences with ads across the platform.
• Collaborate with strategy teams, product managers, policy teams, and other key stakeholders to define products and drive initiatives from an engineering viewpoint.
• Contribute to the success of a rapidly growing and evolving organization with speediness and quality.

Requirements

• MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other relevant majors with 7+ years of work experience, and 2+ years of experience managing or technically leading a software engineering team.
• Excellent programming, debugging, and optimization skills in general-purpose programming languages.
• Ability to think critically and formulate solutions to problems in a clear and concise way.
• Extensive knowledge of modern software tech stack, including large-scale backend, data pipeline, and machine learning.
• Strong written/verbal communication and excellent teamwork skills; flexible and self-starter.
• Experienced in the design and implementation of integrity solutions, systems, and mechanisms.

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of fraud, risk, quality control, and online advertising domain knowledge.

Benefits

• 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents, and a 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.