Ads Delivery Engineer: Bidding, Auction & Growth

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 388,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking an engineer to own end-to-end product delivery for brand ads products, including contextual, search, and content-driven advertising. You will build scalable delivery systems, work with Product, Strategy, and XFN partners, and drive experiments to improve performance at global scale.

The role emphasizes problem identification, design of delivery mechanisms, and measurable business impact, with a strong focus on pacing, bidding, and ranking within a fast-moving marketplace.

Qualifications

• This role requires a CS-related degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong coding, debugging, and system design fundamentals are required.
• Proficiency in Go, C/C++, Java, Python or similar languages.
• Experience with large-scale backend, recommendation, or advertising systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build delivery systems across pacing, bidding, auction, traffic allocation, and delivery controls.
• Drive products from concept to launch with Product, Strategy, and cross-functional partners.
• Turn business goals into scalable delivery strategies and system designs.
• Own technical design, implementation, experimentation, launch, and iteration.
• Use data and experiments to diagnose issues and drive fast iteration.

Skills

Go

C/C++

Java

Python

Backend systems

System design

Cross-functional collaboration

Ads delivery experience

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Job description

TikTok is seeking an engineer to own end-to-end product delivery for brand ads products, including contextual, search, and content-driven advertising. You will build scalable delivery systems, work with Product, Strategy, and XFN partners, and drive experiments to improve performance at global scale.

The role emphasizes problem identification, design of delivery mechanisms, and measurable business impact, with a strong focus on pacing, bidding, and ranking within a fast-moving marketplace.