Tech Lead Senior Software Engineer, Ads Machine Learning Data Platform

DescriptionTikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo. Why Join UsAt TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.About the teamThe ads system at TikTok operates on a massive scale and serves millions of advertisers, clients and influencers across the world. The quality of the ads system highly depends on the ability to handle massive data, and machine learning is widely used to improve the quality of our ads. The Ads machine learning data platform team is responsible for building highly efficient and stable infrastructure to collect and process data for the usage of machine learning training, serving, and privacy enforcement, including feature engineering, feature store, training data generation, etc. We are looking for an innovative Tech Lead / Senior Software Engineer to join the team. You will provide technical leadership to key projects and empower the team. Responsibilities• Lead projects committed to building and operating scalable and reliable ML- oriented data infrastructure systems.• Provide technical leadership and guidance to team members and project peers.• Communicate cross-functionally across various teams, organizations and internal and external stakeholders to drive engineering efforts.• Lead the innovation efforts, and bring in new ideas and technologies.QualificationsMinimum requirements• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical disciplines.• 7+ years of hands-on experience with building and training complex and scalable machine learning systems.• 2+ years of experience as a tech lead.• Strong Computer Science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, software design) and problem-solving skills.• Solid coding skills and a good understanding of algorithms, especially causal inference, uplift model, and deep learning.• Experience in managing projects.Preferred requirements• Experience in Ads domain.• Experience with building large-scale data processing infrastructure.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 is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please reach out to us at usrc@tiktok.com.RegularExperienced