Software Engineer, TikTok Business Integrity

and a dedication to technical excellence. We build industry leading Risk Control system that rewards high quality user experience and establishes trust between customers and business service providers. We aim to meet our users' needs with reliable and high-performing platforms and services. We are looking for strong software engineers who are excited to grow their business understanding, build highly scalable and reliable software, and partner across disciplines with global teams, in pursuit of excellence.

We are seeking Software Engineers at mid-senior levels, who will gain experience in building modern user-centric applications and highly scalable ML infrastructure with cutting edge technologies. You will also learn comprehensive domain knowledge in ads moderation and risk control. Understanding fraud, risk, quality control, and online advertising domain knowledge is a plus, but experience of building large-scale systems is most critical.

Responsibilities:
• Build highly scalable systems including ad fraud detection, risk control, ads integrity systems, to improve user's experiences with ads across the platform.
• Collaborate with strategy makers and machine learning engineers to build next-gen Risk Engine and ML training and serving framework.
• Contribute to the success of a rapidly growing and evolving organization with speediness and quality.
• Analyze product objectives with Product team and UX Design team to deliver results aligned with project goals.
• Collaborate with PM and R&D teams globally, in a fast paced environment.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines and deliverables.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or other relevant majors with 3+ years of work experience.
• Excellent programming, debugging, and optimization skills in general purpose programming languages
• Ability to think critically and to formulate solutions to problems in a clear and concise way.
• Extensive knowledge of modern software tech stack, including large-scale backend, data pipeline, web applications.
• Proactive communication with stakeholders.

Preferred Requirements:
• Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Go, C/C++, Python.
• Deep understanding in one of the following domains: ad fraud detection, risk control, quality control, business integrity, and online advertising systems.
• Deep knowledge in one of the following areas: machine learning/deep learning, large-scale systems, data, full-stack.

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 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://shorturl.at/cdpT2

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $194000 - $355000 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:

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.