Data Platform Engineer: AI-Driven Big Data

TikTok USDS Joint Venture; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC seeks a Software Engineer to contribute to efficiency, stability, and AI-driven innovation of our data platform. You will work with senior engineers to optimize Spark, ClickHouse, Doris, and Kafka, and to build AI-powered solutions that scale at a petabyte level.

You will collaborate across teams to improve performance, automate operations, and enhance developer productivity, while maintaining data integrity and security in the U.S. data ecosystem.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Distributed Systems: 1+ years of hands-on experience building or maintaining distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Scala, C++, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Assist in optimizing Apache Spark performance and resource utilization for large-scale data processing.
• Participate in enhancing ClickHouse and Doris OLAP systems through query tuning and storage–compute optimization.
• Contribute to automated job diagnosis and failure analysis systems using AI/ML techniques.
• Help build and maintain monitoring and self-healing capabilities for data pipelines.
• Develop features for intelligent tools and collaborate with senior engineers on system designs.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Coding in Java/Scala/C++/Python

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related technical field

Tools

Apache Spark

Kafka

ClickHouse

Doris

Job description

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC seeks a Software Engineer to contribute to efficiency, stability, and AI-driven innovation of our data platform. You will work with senior engineers to optimize Spark, ClickHouse, Doris, and Kafka, and to build AI-powered solutions that scale at a petabyte level.

You will collaborate across teams to improve performance, automate operations, and enhance developer productivity, while maintaining data integrity and security in the U.S. data ecosystem.