TikTok
Software Engineer, Ads Serving and Foundation - USDS
TikTok, San Jose, California, United States, 95199
Software Engineer, Ads Serving and Foundation – USDS
TikTok Ads is helping to power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for millions of advertisers, users, and influencers across the world, driving continuous innovation and significant impact in the digital advertising space.
The Ads Infra – Serving and Foundation Team builds advertising systems and integrations that power ads from creation to delivery and the data that influences decisions along the way. This system spans multiple data centers, supports rapid product iterations, and develops key advertising features.
As part of our team, you will build the end‑to‑end Ads system that encompasses the complete lifecycle, including massive data gathering and processing, highly concurrent, high-performance, and highly scalable advertising delivery architecture.
To enhance collaboration and cross‑functional partnerships, the organization follows a hybrid work schedule that requires employees to work in the office three days a week, or as directed by their manager or department.
Responsibilities
Building and operating scalable and reliable ads serving infrastructure systems.
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.
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical disciplines.
2+ 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.
Curiosity towards new technologies and entrepreneurship.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in the Ads domain.
Experience with building large‑scale ads serving infrastructure.
About USDS TikTok is the leading destination for short‑form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. U.S. Data Security (“USDS”) is a subsidiary of TikTok in the U.S. This new, security‑first division was created to bring heightened focus and governance to our data protection policies and content assurance protocols to keep U.S. users safe.
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.
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.
USDS Reasonable Accommodation USDS 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 https://tinyurl.com/USDS-RA
Job Information The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $136,800 – $359,720 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.
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).
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) candidates: Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: 1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues; 2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; 3. Exercising sound judgment.
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The Ads Infra – Serving and Foundation Team builds advertising systems and integrations that power ads from creation to delivery and the data that influences decisions along the way. This system spans multiple data centers, supports rapid product iterations, and develops key advertising features.
As part of our team, you will build the end‑to‑end Ads system that encompasses the complete lifecycle, including massive data gathering and processing, highly concurrent, high-performance, and highly scalable advertising delivery architecture.
To enhance collaboration and cross‑functional partnerships, the organization follows a hybrid work schedule that requires employees to work in the office three days a week, or as directed by their manager or department.
Responsibilities
Building and operating scalable and reliable ads serving infrastructure systems.
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.
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical disciplines.
2+ 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.
Curiosity towards new technologies and entrepreneurship.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in the Ads domain.
Experience with building large‑scale ads serving infrastructure.
About USDS TikTok is the leading destination for short‑form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. U.S. Data Security (“USDS”) is a subsidiary of TikTok in the U.S. This new, security‑first division was created to bring heightened focus and governance to our data protection policies and content assurance protocols to keep U.S. users safe.
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.
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.
USDS Reasonable Accommodation USDS 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 https://tinyurl.com/USDS-RA
Job Information The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $136,800 – $359,720 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.
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).
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) candidates: Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: 1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues; 2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; 3. Exercising sound judgment.
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