Jobs and Careers
BY

Senior Data Engineer, Global E-Commerce Governance Platform

ByteDance
San Jose, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Feb 2025
💰 $355,000/yr($194,000/yr$355,000/yr)

About the role

Responsibilities

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact-for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us.

Global E-commerce is a content E-commerce business with international short video product as the carrier. It is committed to becoming the first choice for users to discover and purchase good products with affordable prices. Global E-commerce business team hopes to provide users with more tailored and efficient consumption experience, enabling merchants to receive reliable platform services in different scenarios such as live E-commerce, short video content E-commerce, so as to make more affordable and high-quality products sell easily and a better life within reach.

E-Commerce’s Governance Platform team is a global team responsible for ensuring a safe and trustworthy marketplace for not only our buyers, but also our sellers and creators. We constantly work on areas such as risk detection abilities, fairness and sustainability of the E-Commerce ecosystem, content and commodity quality to drive improvement.

Responsibiilities
- Develop efficient and reliable data transformations for various use cases, including reporting, growth analysis, and multi-dimensional analysis.
- Architect and implement scalable, robust, and extensible big data systems to support core products and business needs.
- Collaborate with data scientists to optimize data processing, feature engineering, and model deployment.
- Establish best practices and solid design principles for both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience with Big Data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Kafka, Presto, Flink).
- Experience in designing and architecting ETL pipelines, data systems, and workflows.
- Proficient in schema design, data modeling, and writing complex SQL queries.
- Experience with data ingestion, integration, and performing data analysis.

Preferred Qualifications
- Industry experience with large-scale distributed systems and Big Data projects.
- Proven ability to design and implement scalable data systems in a product environment.
- Expertise in optimizing ETL processes and managing complex data workflows.
- Familiarity with data privacy, security standards, and governance in data engineering.
- Advanced troubleshooting skills for SQL queries and data systems.

ByteDance 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 ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. 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.

ByteDance Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $194000 - $355000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan

Apply for this role

Generate a tailored application kit with a matched cover letter, interview prep, and CV highlights — in under 60 seconds.

Apply Now →Generate Application Kit

Free account required — sign up in 30s

Company

ByteDance

View company profile →