# Machine Learning Engineer, Brand Ads Source: https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-engineer-brand-ads-tiktok-c4e77826 Machine Learning Engineer, Brand Ads at TikTok, an on-site role based in San Jose, California, USA. First seen on RealAnalystJobs on 15 November 2026, read from TikTok's own careers page (TikTok), which RealAnalystJobs re-checks daily and removes the role when it closes. TikTok has approved H-1B petitions on USCIS record (employer-wide, not a promise for this role). Updated 15 November 2026. ## Key facts - Company: [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/tiktok) - Location: San Jose, California, USA - Work mode: On-site - First seen: Nov 15, 2026 - Employment type: Full time - Source: TikTok's careers page (TikTok), re-checked daily Skills: [Python](https://realanalystjobs.com/skills/python) ## Visa sponsorship The posting does not say. TikTok had H-1B petitions approved for 454 workers in fiscal year 2026 (USCIS). That is history, not a promise for this role. [See the record](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/tiktok#h1b-record) ## About this role Team Overview Brands come to our platform for scale and for a content experience where their message lands in a way that feels native and relevant. Our team builds the delivery and inventory systems that make that possible for guaranteed delivery products, owning the path from inventory forecasting and allocation through pacing, traffic strategy, delivery quality, and brand safety. We partner closely with Product, Strategy, Data Science, and cross-functional engineering teams to turn open-ended business opportunities into capabilities that scale. What You'll Build You will help build and evolve the systems behind a fast-growing portfolio of brand advertising products: - Guaranteed delivery and pacing: the systems that meet committed delivery goals reliably while keeping delivery quality high. - Inventory forecasting and allocation: the supply layer that predicts available inventory, allocates it across demand, improves utilization, and reduces waste. - Traffic strategy and brand safety: the logic that arbitrates traffic between reservation and auction demand, and the controls that protect every impression. Responsibilities - Build and optimize the delivery stack across pacing, allocation, traffic strategy, and delivery controls. - Drive products from concept to launch with Product, Strategy, and cross-functional partners. - Turn business goals into scalable delivery strategies and system designs. - Own technical design, implementation, experimentation, launch, and iteration. - Use data and experiments to diagnose problems and drive fast iteration. Why Join Us You will work on a brand-facing business where your systems map directly to revenue and to the experience of major advertisers, solving real inventory and delivery problems at global scale and influencing both product and technical direction. If you are drawn to forecasting and allocation problems, pacing and delivery systems, and the kind of role where you own a product end to end, we would like to talk to you. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: - BS/MS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. - Strong coding, debugging, and system design fundamentals. - Proficiency in Go, C/C++, Java, Python, or similar languages. - Comfort with ambiguity and the judgment to make clear engineering trade-offs. - Strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills. - Experience with large-scale backend, recommendation, or advertising systems. Preferred Qualifications: - Hands-on ads delivery experience in pacing, allocation, forecasting, traffic strategy, or guaranteed delivery, and familiarity with reservation or guaranteed product models. Description from TikTok's public careers feed, reproduced so you can read the role here. Apply on the company's own site; Real Analyst Jobs never submits anything for you. ## How to apply Open [this role on Real Analyst Jobs](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-engineer-brand-ads-tiktok-c4e77826) and use Apply now there to reach the employer's application. The listing is re-checked against TikTok's careers page daily and removed when it closes. ## TikTok 101 open analyst roles on Real Analyst Jobs. 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