Senior Software Engineer (TikTok)

Smartly.io; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Flexible hybrid workplace

Healthcare packages

Paid holidays & family leave

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Smartly is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build and evolve the TikTok offering, enabling large advertisers to manage campaigns at scale. This backend-heavy role focuses on reliable services, APIs, and opportunities to work across the stack.

You'll own capabilities end-to-end, influence architecture, and mentor peers while balancing scalability, user experience, and delivery speed. The role is hybrid in Helsinki, with collaboration across product, design and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience developing and operating production applications, ideally using TypeScript, Node.js, and React or similar technologies.
• Experience delivering complex product capabilities end-to-end, from frontend development to backend architecture and API design.
• Experience designing distributed systems and working with asynchronous, event-driven architectures at scale.
• Experience building reliable systems and third-party API integrations that handle complex data flows and high volumes of data.
• Ability to take ownership of complex technical challenges and drive them from concept to production.
• Strong collaboration skills with engineering, product, and design teams to shape solutions.
• A pragmatic engineering mindset, balancing product needs, technical quality, and delivery speed.
• Interest in mentoring other engineers and contributing to engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Own significant TikTok product capabilities end-to-end, from customer-facing experiences to backend services and APIs.
• Contribute across the full stack, building customer-facing functionality and backend services using Node.js, TypeScript, and React.
• Drive technical and architectural decisions balancing scalability and user experience.
• Design, develop, and operate reliable, high-performance distributed systems at scale.
• Build and evolve APIs and integrations between Smartly and TikTok, managing API changes and platform constraints.
• Develop and optimize data-intensive services using PostgreSQL and Redis on Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to understand customer needs and shape solutions.
• Explore opportunities to leverage AI and automation to improve products and workflows.
• Mentor engineers, share knowledge, and promote high engineering standards.

Skills

Distributed systems

APIs

Team collaboration

Backend development

System design

Mentoring

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

React

PostgreSQL

Redis

Kubernetes

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build and evolve Smartly’s TikTok offering, enabling some of the world’s largest advertisers to manage and optimize their campaigns at scale. Working closely with TikTok and cross-functional teams at Smartly, you’ll develop new capabilities, strengthen integrations, and solve complex engineering challenges within our multi-channel advertising platform.

This is a backend-heavy role focused on building reliable, high-performance services and APIs, with opportunities to contribute across the full stack and explore how AI and automation can improve our products and engineering practices.

You’ll take ownership of significant product capabilities from concept to production, influencing technical architecture, product decisions, and how we build software. Your work will involve balancing user experience, scalability, reliability, and delivery speed while making a direct impact on customers. You’ll collaborate with experienced engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver meaningful solutions, while mentoring other engineers, sharing knowledge, and helping continuously improve our engineering practices.

Our tech stack

• Backend: Node.js, TypeScript
• Frontend: React, TypeScript
• Infrastructure: PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes
• Architecture: Distributed systems, event-driven services, large-scale data processing

What you’ll do

• Own significant TikTok product capabilities end-to-end, from customer-facing experiences to the backend services and APIs that power them
• Contribute across the full stack, building customer-facing functionality and the backend services and APIs that support it, using Node.js, TypeScript, and React.
• Drive technical and architectural decisions, balancing scalability, user experience, and delivery speed
• Design, develop, and operate reliable, high-performance distributed systems at scale
• Build and evolve reliable, scalable APIs and integrations between Smartly and TikTok, effectively managing API changes, rate limits, asynchronous operations, and platform constraints.
• Develop and optimize data-intensive services using PostgreSQL and Redis, running on Kubernetes
• Partner with product, design and other engineering teams to understand customer needs and shape solutions
• Explore opportunities to leverage AI and automation to improve products and engineering workflows
• Mentor fellow engineers, share knowledge, and contribute to high engineering standards and practices

What we’re looking for

• 6+ years of experience developing and operating production applications, ideally using TypeScript, Node.js, and React or similar technologies.
• Experience delivering complex product capabilities end-to-end, from frontend development to backend architecture and API design.
• Experience designing distributed systems and working with asynchronous, event-driven architectures at scale.
• Experience building reliable systems and third-party API integrations that handle complex data flows and high volumes of data.
• Ability to take ownership of complex technical challenges and drive them from concept to production.
• Strong collaboration skills, with experience working closely with engineering, product, and design teams to shape solutions.
• A pragmatic engineering mindset, making thoughtful trade-offs between product needs, technical quality, and delivery speed.
• Interest in mentoring other engineers, sharing knowledge, and contributing to strong engineering practices.

• Ability and willingness to work in a hybrid setup from our Helsinki office, 3 days per week

What We Offer You

At Smartly, we offer a place where you can advance your career. Here, you'll find:

• An Inclusive Global Culture: Join a team of over 750 Smartlies, representing more than 60 nationalities across 24 locations in 13 countries. We cultivate a culture built on trust, transparency, and open feedback, where diverse perspectives are valued and encouraged.
• Global Impact: Contribute to a company making a global impact, directly influencing our customers' success and business growth.
• Focus on Wellbeing: We prioritize your health with healthcare packages, mental health services, and a commitment to work-life balance through paid holidays and family leave.
• Comprehensive Rewards: Benefit from equity options, performance-based rewards, competitive compensation, and career development opportunities.
• Flexible Hybrid Workplace: Experience a hybrid work model, balancing office collaboration with remote work, and the option to work abroad for up to 30 days annually.

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About Smartly

Smartly is the AI-powered advertising technology company transforming ad experiences for brands and their consumers. Our comprehensive advertising platform seamlessly integrates the capabilities of media, creative, and intelligence to power more than 800 billion impressions and generate more than 300 billion creatives annually, delivering tangible business outcomes for brands and advertisers.

Smartly is the only company in the industry recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Creative Advertising Technologies with PwC validating the results it delivers for brands. We manage creative and media for 700+ brands worldwide and $6B in ad spend across the largest media platforms, including Facebook, Google, Instagram, Pinterest, Snap, and TikTok. Our end-to-end technology, unmatched access to media platforms and exceptional customer service help Fortune 500 brands to reach and engage consumers and learn what performs best.Smartly is a multinational and diverse team of 750+ Smartlies from 60+ nationalities, working in 13 countries. Together, we want to create and maintain an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and heard. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion approach is at the heart of it.

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