Monetization Data Engineer (Graduate)

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 256,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

Paid Personal Time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a data engineer for the Monetization Data team to design and operate large-scale batch and real-time data pipelines, data warehouses, and analytics platforms that power advertising and monetization products. You will collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and engineers to deliver insights and improve advertiser experience.

The role emphasizes building reliable data models, datasets, and metrics, while advancing data infrastructure and platform reliability across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics or related discipline.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java or Go.
• Strong SQL skills and understanding of relational databases, data modeling, or data warehousing concepts.
• Familiarity with distributed data processing or storage systems such as Spark, Flink, Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Presto/Trino, or similar technologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills, data-driven thinking, and ability to use data to identify issues, form hypotheses, and validate solutions.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, cross-functional engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and real-time data pipelines to process large-scale user behavior, advertising, and monetization data.
• Develop reliable data models, datasets, and metrics that support ads ranking, measurement, experimentation, business analytics, and strategic decision-making.
• Partner with product managers, data scientists, analysts, and engineering teams to understand data needs, define success metrics, and deliver actionable insights.
• Improve data quality, observability, latency, cost efficiency, and platform reliability across large-scale distributed systems.
• Contribute to the evolution of big data infrastructure and computing platforms, including Spark, Flink, Hive, Kafka, and related internal systems.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE/Data Science/Statistics/Math

Tools

Spark

Flink

Hadoop

Hive

Kafka

Presto/Trino

Job description

TikTok is seeking a data engineer for the Monetization Data team to design and operate large-scale batch and real-time data pipelines, data warehouses, and analytics platforms that power advertising and monetization products. You will collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and engineers to deliver insights and improve advertiser experience.

The role emphasizes building reliable data models, datasets, and metrics, while advancing data infrastructure and platform reliability across