Software Engineer, Ads Measurement Signal and Privacy - Infra

Software Engineer, Ads Measurement Signal and Privacy - Infra at TikTok in San Jose, CA.

Responsibilities

Our Ads Measurement Signal and Privacy team (MSP) is missioned to build our security and governance infrastructure and process for the ads system end-to-end while making sure our platform with large volume of various signals and data are constantly compliant with regional regulations across the world. The team will be responsible for exploring and implementing cutting-edge privacy-enhancing technologies to protect our users while keeping TikTok a free and creative community. You will be a key player in data privacy, protection, security and managing cross-functional programs to continuously improve the process.

Responsibility

1. Responsible for building a graph-based system architecture in advertising business scenarios, establishing innovative R&D, delivery, and O&M models to achieve intelligent resource orchestration.
2. Participate in developing new capabilities such as graph execution engines, hot updates for operators, and graph-based delivery systems, while driving business abstraction and refactoring of critical modules in advertising systems.
3. Break down long-term goals into actionable implementation paths, organize and lead project teams to build a graph-based Serverless infrastructure foundation.
4. Implement operator-driven computational orchestration for advertising systems using engineering models, continuously optimize system throughput and latency to deliver tangible business benefits.

Requirements

• BS/MS Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or relevant technical field, with related working experience.
• Experienced in building backend services for large-scale consumer-facing applications.
• Proficiency in at least one of the following languages: Go, C++, Java, Go, Python.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience collaborating with compliance and policy teams, government entities, external privacy-focused community members and members of the press.
• Experience with cutting-edge data privacy security technologies, such as differential privacy, homomorphic encryption, federated learning etc. Specific production practices are preferred.
• Experience in Ads domain.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (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.

About the Company

The Global Business Solutions (GBS) team is responsible for the revenue growth of the TikTok business, and our teams include Sales, Marketing, Ops, Account Managers, Agency and partnerships, as well as Marketing Science.

At TikTok, our Global Business Solutions (GBS) team plays a key role in generating revenue by promoting our advertising solutions, onboarding new clients, driving ad campaigns, and more. As the TikTok community grows at an unprecedented speed around the world, our GBS team leads groundbreaking projects that are changing the landscape of the advertising industry in real time.

We're seeking an analytically driven, and detail-oriented Client Solutions Manager (CSM) Intern to join our Ecommerce Team. As a CSM, you will partner closely with Client Partners and Client Solutions Managers to drive revenue by identifying opportunities, leveraging data insights, and delivering consultative solutions for advertisers.

This role centers on client education, relationship growth, data analysis, and campaign success. You will provide strategic recommendations to both clients and internal teams, ensuring campaigns achieve business objectives while optimizing long-term partnerships. Success in this role requires strong data analytics skills, adaptability in a fast-paced environment, and a test-and-learn mindset to uncover the best solutions.

Additional Information

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; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.