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Tech Lead, Data Engine

TikTok

Why Join Us

Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible. Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.

Team Introduction

The Data Engine team horizontally supports various core business lines within TikTok, as well as external enterprise customers through Volcano Engine. It focuses on solving big data architecture challenges for a 10EB level data set to create an industry-leading big data infrastructure. In addition, the team provides cloud-native real-time data lake and data warehouse services to business customers through its LAS (LakeHouse Analytics Service) product.

Responsibilities

  • Build the industry-leading 10 EB-level big data platform that supports core products and businesses
  • Optimize and enhance big data system kernels, Spark SQL, Presto, Flink, Hive, HUDI etc.
  • Build the long-term competitive advantage of the data engine

Qualifications

  • Familiar with principles and source code of one or more mainstream big data systems such as Spark, Presto, Flink hive and HUDI
  • Familiar with data lake technologies including Iceberg, HUDI and DeltaLake
  • Ability to diagnose failures and optimize performance in large-scale systems
  • Committers in major database projects (Spark, Flink, HUDI, Iceberg, Presto, StarRocks, Kafka, Calcite, etc) preferred
  • Experience in leading large-scale engine projects is a plus

Benefits
Extracted with AI

  • Medical insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • 401(k)

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