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John Krebs

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Head of Platform Engineering at TikTok USDS Joint Venture
📍 Seattle, Washington, United States

John Krebs is an engineering leader at TikToks USDS Joint Venture, with over 15 years of experience at global tech companies including Coinbase and Uber. He specializes in leading large data, AI/ML, and platform engineering teams in regulated industries. Colleagues describe him as strategic, pragmatic, and thoughtful, with executive education from Harvard Business School.

Outside of his technology career, John is a decorated US Army veteran. His military service is a significant part of his professional identity and background, which he highlights in his public profiles.

John is a combat veteran who has earned numerous military honors, including the Combat Action Badge and the Iraq Campaign Medal with a Bronze Star.

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Experience
3 Years
Current Role
Head of Platform Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Data Security at Scale
His current role at TikTok's US Data Security venture focuses on building and securing data platforms handling petabytes of data for global consumer applications.
AI & ML Platforms
He has a proven track record of building and leading AI and Machine Learning departments and spearheading the development of large-scale ML platforms at TikTok.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Head of Platform Engineering
TikTok USDS Joint Venture
10-2025
Board Member
ART STABLE LLC
8-2024 - 1-2026
Head of Platform Engineering and Support
TikTok
4-2023 - 8-2024
Head of AI Platform
TikTok
4-2022 - 4-2023
Head of AI Engineering and Data Annotation, Monitization
TikTok
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Education
Executive Leadership
Harvard Business School
Master’s Degree
Lubar College of Business
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