Senior Backend Engineer, Core Data Service

TikTok

4.5

(6)

San Jose, CA

Why you should apply for a job to TikTok:

  • 4.5/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.5/5 in supportive management
  • 100% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 100% would recommend this company to other women
  • 100% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Employee well-being is supported via hybrid work, short-term counseling through our EAP and a premium subscription to Headspace.
  • We embrace diversity across all dimensions and provide employees with 9 employee resource groups globally, including our WOMEN ERG.
  • Comprehensive parental leave policy as well as fertility treatment through healthcare providers with a $20,000 lifetime maximum.
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    Position summary

    nt of core metadata management, storage, and distribution systems. Continuously optimize for performance to guarantee extreme efficiency under trillion-level data scales and tens of millions of QPS.

    • Explore and drive the deep integration of AI technologies with core data services. Apply an AI-Native mindset to design and implement innovative solutions such as intelligent data insights, AI-assisted architecture governance, and anomalous pattern detection to enhance system intelligence and automation.
    • As a domain expert, analyze business needs and technology trends to define the medium-to-long-term technical roadmap for data services, and lead the team to overcome key technical challenges.

    Qualifications

    Minimum Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field, with 5+ years of experience in developing large-scale backend distributed systems.
    • Extensive hands-on experience in designing and implementing globalized, active-active architectures, with a deep understanding of the associated challenges and proven solutions.
    • Proficiency in at least one mainstream backend language (e.g., Go, C++, Java) with strong coding skills, a commitment to clean code, and an AI-Native coding mindset.
    • Proven ability to lead the design and successful delivery of complex distributed systems projects with demonstrable results.

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Practical experience with AI-Native systems or AIOps; a proven track record of applying AI/ML technologies to the infrastructure domain is a strong plus.
    • In-depth understanding of the principles of, or source-level contributions to, at least one distributed storage system (e.g., Redis, RocksDB, Spanner).
    • A strong passion for technology, with excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

    Job Information

    [For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

    The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $156000 - $387600 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.

    For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

    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:

    1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

    2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

    3. Exercising sound judgment.

    Why you should apply for a job to TikTok:

  • 4.5/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.5/5 in supportive management
  • 100% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 100% would recommend this company to other women
  • 100% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Employee well-being is supported via hybrid work, short-term counseling through our EAP and a premium subscription to Headspace.
  • We embrace diversity across all dimensions and provide employees with 9 employee resource groups globally, including our WOMEN ERG.
  • Comprehensive parental leave policy as well as fertility treatment through healthcare providers with a $20,000 lifetime maximum.