Design Technologist, Ads

The Design Foundation team powers design excellence across Tik Tok’s monetization products. We achieve this through design systems, creative design, and design technology:

- Design System (Keystone):
Scalable libraries, tokens, and tooling that enable hundreds of designers and engineers to deliver high-quality, consistent experiences across 10+ products.

- Creative Design:
Campaigns, motion, and visual experiences that elevate brand storytelling, drive user engagement, and generate direct revenue.

- Design Technology:
Technology for design systems, creative design, and content design — including plugins, automation, and AI-powered utilities that enhance design efficiency and bridge design-to-code workflows.

As a cross-functional group, we set the foundation for quality, consistency, and efficiency across the entire product ecosystem.

We’re seeking a Senior Design Technologist to bridge the worlds of design and technology. In this role, you’ll spearhead innovative technology solutions that scale our design system, accelerate creative storytelling, and empower content design — ensuring our design org works smarter, faster, and with greater impact.

• Deliver high-quality design technology solutions across design systems, creative design, and content design.
• Define technical best practices for design–engineering collaboration and design technology adoption.
• Build internal tools, Figma plugins, and AI-powered utilities that improve efficiency, consistency, and scalability.
• Mentor and guide designers and engineers in prototyping, AI literacy, and design technology usage.
• Partner cross-functionally to drive adoption of developed technologies and best practices.
• Explore emerging platforms, AI tools, and generative technologies to extend our design foundation.
• Influence roadmap strategy for design system evolution, creative innovation, and content workflows.

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $121600 - $288000 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 with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

Tik Tok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At Tik Tok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. Tik Tok'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.

Inspiring creativity is at the core of Tik…