Solutions Engineer - SMB, Ads
TikTok
San Jose, CA · Posted November 13, 2026
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About the job
About The Team We believe the services and community we've built can not only transform how people are inspired on the platform, but also transform how businesses from different industries, big or small, capture growth opportunities in this new era. TikTok is building out our Solutions Engineering team to help our external clients and partners to thrive on this journey. As a Solutions Engineer, you will not only have the opportunity to identify and solve challenges by architecting and building solutions but, more importantly, prioritize client success and work cross-functionally to help them reach their business objectives.
Responsibilities - Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders internally and externally. Be an expert on TikTok's Ads capabilities and build trust through your deep technical expertise and customer needs. - Collaborate cross-functionally and globally to identify and capitalize on SMB opportunities through innovative, scalable solutions and best practices. - Understand the unique needs of small and medium-sized businesses and influence product roadmap with internal product teams to solve business challenges. - Build and ship new products as well as end-to-end solutions in collaboration with Ads product engineering teams. - Maintain subject matter expertise on marketing technology and API trends.
Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in Computer Science or related fields. - 3+ years of experience shipping production quality code - Familiar with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Python, Go, Java, C/C++. - Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences. - Ability to collaborate with various sized stakeholder groups internally and externally. - Demonstrated knowledge of API and backend systems design.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience in advertising technology working with large volume data analytics. - Experience in growing small and medium-sized businesses - Solutions-oriented with strong problem-solving and development experience