Tech Lead, Data Platform — Scale & Reliability

TikTok USDS Joint Venture; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 198,000 - 416,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-person work 5 days/week

Competitive compensation

Job summary

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is seeking a Tech Lead Manager for the Data BP team in Seattle. You will lead a team of data engineers, own end-to-end delivery of data solutions, and partner with Product, Analytics, Data Science and Engineering to translate business requirements into scalable platforms.

The role focuses on building robust data pipelines, ensuring data governance, performance, and cost efficiency, while communicating complex concepts to technical and executive audiences.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in building and scaling enterprise-grade data platforms.
• 3+ years of experience in engineering leadership or engineering management overseeing technical teams in a cross functional and fast-paced environment.
• Hands-on experience with big data processing and distributed storage engines such as Hadoop, Spark, Flink, Druid, ClickHouse.
• Deep understanding of modern data architectures, including data lakes, data warehouses and lakehouse patterns.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python for data processing and analytics.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of data engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership and continuous improvement.
• Oversee project management and cross functional collaboration ensuring high quality delivery across project lifecycle.
• Design and build scalable big data platforms, pipelines and services supporting large-scale batch and real-time data processing.
• Define and drive architecture standards, including data modeling, pipeline design and data quality frameworks to ensure trusted datasets.
• Own end-to-end delivery of data solutions from design through development, testing, deployment and optimization.
• Partner with Product, Analytics, Data Science and Engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Define key metrics and leverage data to measure performance, guide prioritization and support decision making.
• Optimize large-scale data processing systems for performance, scalability, reliability and cost efficiency.
• Establish strong execution practices, including planning, prioritization and delivery governance across multiple initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with data governance, privacy and security standards in all data solutions.
• Communicate technical concepts and data insights effectively to both technical and executive audiences.

Skills

Data Engineering Leadership

Big Data Processing

SQL

Python

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

Flink

Druid

ClickHouse

Job description

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is seeking a Tech Lead Manager for the Data BP team in Seattle. You will lead a team of data engineers, own end-to-end delivery of data solutions, and partner with Product, Analytics, Data Science and Engineering to translate business requirements into scalable platforms.

The role focuses on building robust data pipelines, ensuring data governance, performance, and cost efficiency, while communicating complex concepts to technical and executive audiences.