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Responsibilities

About the Team
TikTok Local Service is on a mission to empower local merchants, creators, and users by making local experiences more accessible, enjoyable, and intelligent. Our team focuses on leveraging cutting-edge AI technologies to improve user conversion, enhance creator/merchant operations, and enable new forms of smart digital interaction across the local services ecosystem.

You will join an AI Application team that is at the forefront of integrating LLMs and intelligent agents into real-world scenarios such as:
- Smart content generation for creators
- Personalized shopping assistants
- Automated merchant support
- AI-powered analytics for storefront operations

We are building fast, experimenting boldly, and growing rapidly - and we are looking for strong backend engineers to help us build scalable and intelligent platforms that support millions of users and thousands of merchants.

Responsibilities
- Design and develop robust, scalable, and high-performance backend systems for AI-driven products in the local service domain.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, and frontend developers to bring intelligent features into production.
- Build APIs, data pipelines, and microservices to support content generation, and operation tools for creators and merchants.
- Optimize systems for reliability, latency, and cost efficiency in a high-traffic environment.
- Participate in system architecture design and tech planning discussions; drive best practices for code quality and engineering excellence.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related fields.
- Solid programming skills in Go, Java, or Python, and familiarity with microservice architecture.
- Experience with large-scale backend development and cloud-native systems (Kubernetes, Docker, etc.).
- Familiarity with relational and non-relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Redis, MongoDB).
- Good understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work in cross-functional, international teams.

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in AI-related backend infrastructure, such as feature serving, vector retrieval, or LLM service integration.
- Familiarity with content platforms, or local commerce ecosystems.
- Experience working with business-side teams (merchants, creators) and understanding of user/product feedback loops.

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related fields.
- Solid programming skills in Go, Java, or Python, and familiarity with microservice architecture.
- Experience with large-scale backend development and cloud-native systems (Kubernetes, Docker, etc.).
- Familiarity with relational and non-relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Redis, MongoDB).
- Good understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work in cross-functional, international teams.

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in AI-related backend infrastructure, such as feature serving, vector retrieval, or LLM service integration.
- Familiarity with content platforms, or local commerce ecosystems.
- Experience working with business-side teams (merchants, creators) and understanding of user/product feedback loops.

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video and our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

Size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Technology: Consumer Internet

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