Big Data Engineer - Data Platform, Global E-Commerce
Summary
Designs, builds, and maintains batch and real-time data warehouses, ETL pipelines, and data products for TikTok's global e-commerce data platform, translating business requirements into technical implementations. Core stack involves distributed computing engines like Hive, Spark, or Flink plus data modeling and mining.
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Responsibilities
- Translate business requirements & end to end designs into technical implementations and responsible for building batch and real-time data warehouse.
- Manage data modeling design, writing, and optimizing ETL jobs.
- Collaborate with the business team to build data metrics based on data warehouse.
- Responsible for building and maintaining data products.
- Involvement in rollouts, upgrades, implementation, and release of data system changes as required for streamlining of internal practices.
- Develop and implement techniques and analytics applications to transform raw data into meaningful information using data-oriented programming languages and visualisation software.
- Apply data mining, data modelling, natural language processing, and machine learning to extract and analyse information from large structured and unstructured datasets.
- Visualise, interpret, and report data findings and may create dynamic data reports as well.
Qualifications
- Minimum Qualification(s):
- At least 3 years of experience in software engineering and 2 years of relevant experience in data engineering.
- Proficient in creating and maintaining complex ETL pipelines end-to-end while maintaining high reliability and security.
- Familiar with data warehouse concepts and have production experience in modeling design.
- Familiar with at least 1 distributed computing engine (e.g. Hive, Spark, Flink).
- Preferred Qualification(s):
- Familiar with at least 1 NoSQL database is a plus (e.g. HBase).
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to engage and manage internal and external stakeholders across all levels of seniority.
- Strong collaboration skills with the ability to build rapport across teams and stakeholders.
Job Information
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
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 iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
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