Data Engineer, Data Engineering and Analytics - USDS

Responsibilities

Team Intro:

The Data Engineering team in Data Platform USDS is focused on ensuring the stability, reliability, scalability and risk management of TikTok's US data processing ecosystem. We maintain and operate both batch and streaming pipelines for multiple vertical businesses such as TikTok and TikTok Shop while simultaneously adhering to strict data compliance standards. We collaborate with a host of internal teams to better enable user experiences by delivering high quality at scale.

As a data engineer in the data platform team area, you will have the opportunity to build, optimize and grow one of the largest data platforms in the world that directly supports the TikTok app. You'll have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience on all kinds of systems in the data platform ecosystem. Your work will have a direct and huge impact on the company's core products as well as hundreds of millions of users.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and maintain reliable, scalable, robust and extensible big data systems that support core products and business.
• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines utilizing optimal ETL patterns, frameworks, query techniques, sourcing from structured and unstructured data sources to ensure data is easily accessible and can be used effectively by other members of the organization.
• Extract data from various sources such as APIs, HIVE tables and other structured and unstructured data sources to process and store large volumes of data ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and security.
• Implement and monitor quality control measures to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, such as data dictionaries, data flow diagrams, and system documentation, to ensure efficient and effective data management and analysis.
• Optimize pipelines, dashboards, frameworks, and systems to facilitate easier development of data artifacts.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and data scientists to understand data needs, representing key data insights in a meaningful way.
• Ability to analyze and visualize data to provide business stakeholders with impactful, actionable insights.
• Establish solid design and best engineering practice for engineers as well as non-technical people.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Statistics, Computer Science or a related technical field involving software or systems engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience working with data analytics and data engineering, including experience with data cleaning and preprocessing, data ingestion and ETL(Extraction, Transformation & Loading), data analysis and dashboard development.
• 1+ years experience building dashboards in Tableau, Power BI or any similar visualization tool.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in distributed data processing using Big Data technologies like Spark/Scala, Python, Hadoop/HDFS/AWS/S3 and Kafka.
• Proficiency in data modeling, data design, SQL and databases.
• 3+ years of Experience with Big Data technologies (Hadoop, M/R, Hive, Spark, Metastore, Presto, Flume, Kafka, ClickHouse, Flink etc).
• Strong background in algorithms and data structures.

About USDS

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is dedicated to the safety and security of millions of Americans who create, discover, and connect with what they love on the apps we operate. The Joint Venture has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25, 2025. Our foundation is a comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity program we operate under defined safeguards to protect national security and secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm. We safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem, holding decision-making authority for trust and safety policies and moderation. USDS Joint Venture helps ensure Americans can continue to express their creativity, discover new hobbies and interests, and build thriving communities and businesses on a global scale.

On-site presence across teams allows the company to operate with greater speed, alignment, and agility — especially in areas like real-time decision-making, team development, and integrated execution. As such, the company is shifting from a hybrid work model to a fully in-person schedule up to 5 days a week.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.

We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly i