Data Platform Engineer: Big Data & Impact

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

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Data Engineer to join the data platform team, building and optimizing one of the world’s largest data platforms. You’ll gain hands-on experience across systems in the data platform ecosystem with direct impact on core products and hundreds of millions of users.

You will design and implement robust data transformations, scalable data systems, and best practices. The role emphasizes collaboration with engineers and non-technical teammates to shape scalable data solutions.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with Big Data technologies (Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive, Spark, Metastore, Presto, Flume, Kafka, ClickHouse, Flink).
• Experience with data analysis, data ingestion and data integration, and SQL queries.

Responsibilities

• Design and build data transformations for reporting, growth analysis, and multi‑dimensional analysis.
• Design and implement reliable, scalable big data systems supporting core products.
• Establish solid design practices for engineers and non‑technical stakeholders.

Skills

Big Data

SQL queries

Data modeling

ETL

Education

BS/MS in CS or related field

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

ClickHouse

Flink

Hive

Presto

Metastore

Flume

Job description

TikTok is seeking a Data Engineer to join the data platform team, building and optimizing one of the world’s largest data platforms. You’ll gain hands-on experience across systems in the data platform ecosystem with direct impact on core products and hundreds of millions of users.

You will design and implement robust data transformations, scalable data systems, and best practices. The role emphasizes collaboration with engineers and non-technical teammates to shape scalable data solutions.