Apps & Gaming Solutions Lead Engineer

TikTok; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Lead Solution Engineer to drive design and delivery of scalable, production-grade solutions for advertising clients. You will partner with Product Engineering, R&D, Customer Success, and PM to unlock new features and business opportunities.

The role requires strong software development background, ML infrastructure experience, and the ability to communicate complex topics to diverse audiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• 3+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Familiarity with Python, Go, Java, C/C++, and API/backend systems design.
• Hands-on ML infrastructure experience (training, deployment, data pipelines).
• Ability to tailor technical presentations to varied audiences.
• Experience in advertising technology with large-scale data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of scalable, production-grade solutions with Product Engineering teams.
• Provide architectural guidance and drive engineering excellence.
• Apply TikTok products and tech to identify and maximize commercial prospects with advertisers.
• Collaborate with customer success to uncover business opportunities and support goals.
• Design end-to-end systems and launch production code with maintainability in mind.
• Identify stakeholders and align cross-functional partners to complete projects.
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders and use data to influence decisions.

Skills

Software development

API/backend design

Technical leadership

ML infrastructure

Communication to varied audiences

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Python

Go

Java

C/C++

Job description

TikTok is seeking a Lead Solution Engineer to drive design and delivery of scalable, production-grade solutions for advertising clients. You will partner with Product Engineering, R&D, Customer Success, and PM to unlock new features and business opportunities.

The role requires strong software development background, ML infrastructure experience, and the ability to communicate complex topics to diverse audiences.