TikTok
San Jose, USA

Data Engineer Graduate (DPUS - Global Live) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

$122,574 – $259,200/yrPosted Jan 21, 2026WebsiteLinkedIn

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About this role

Responsibilities

  • The Data Platform Global Live team is dedicated to empowering the growth of TikTok LIVE business through big data. We support our businesses in achieving their missions by building high quality real-time and offline data warehouses, creating various forms of efficient and data-friendly data assets, and exploring and implementing business oriented data solutions. We provide stable and reliable data capabilities for daily operations, analyses, decision-making of TikTok LIVE features, in addition to robust data support to enhance live performance for streamers.
  • As an early graduate data engineer in the Global Live team, you will have the opportunity to build, optimize and grow one of the largest data platforms in the world. 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.

You will be responsible for:

  • Understanding business problems, designing and implementing easy-to-use data solutions for businesses.
  • Collaborating with data engineers to understand the data system and provide a smooth data usage experience for data users, including but not limited to data discovery, data usage guidance, and promotion of the data system.
  • Collaborating with business teams from all over the world to drive user growth and revenue growth.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at TikTok.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2026. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Good experience in data solutions, such as data consulting, product development, and data tools creation.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions and data metrics.
  • Have an understanding of data warehousing and the construction ideas of the data system.
  • Experience with coding (SQL, Python, etc.)
  • Passionate and self-motivated about using data to drive business decisions.

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