About this opportunity
TikTok lists this Machine Learning Engineer, Data Mining (Ads Core) opportunity in san jose, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Responsibilities
Monetization Technology teams are building the next-generation monetization platforms to help millions of customers grow their businesses, utilizing our products like TikTok. Our team develops a wide variety of advertisements for numerous uses including feeds, live streaming, branding, measurement, targeting, search, vertical solutions, creative solutions, and business integrity.
What You'll Do:
Own foundational targeting data and platform capabilities with high availability, accuracy, freshness, and scalability:
Base targeting dimensions: gender, age, geo, device, language, network, etc.
Audience & tagging system: definitions, hierarchy, refresh strategy, backfills, cross-device unification
Design and implement large-scale batch/stream pipelines: ingestion, ETL, aggregation, profile generation, tag updates, external serving
Build a reliable data quality framework: validation, lineage, monitoring/alerting, SLAs, automated backfill and repair
Provide standardized capabilities for ads delivery/strategy systems:
Audience package generation/management, tag query services, foundational targeting rule engine, access control & auditing
Collaborate with ML/product/compliance to ensure stable production rollout and iterative improvements (performance/reach/cost/UX)
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
BS+ in CS/SE/Data Engineering or related fields
3+ years (adjustable) in data engineering/platform roles; able to own critical pipelines end-to-end
Strong SQL and data modeling; hands-on with big data stack (Spark/Hive/Kafka/Flink/Airflow, etc.)
Proficient in Java/Scala/Python; solid engineering and performance tuning skills
Strong ownership of data governance, definitions, quality and stability
Effective cross-functional communication and execution
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in ads/recommender data platforms: user profiles, tagging, audience segmentation, DMP/CDP
Real-time profile or low-latency serving at scale (high QPS, caching/consistency)
Privacy/compliance implementation experience (minimization, anonymization, access control, auditing)
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We’re resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok Accommodation
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $ - $ annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
Exercising sound judgment.
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Worksite address
san jose, CA, 95199, US
Who can apply
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