Why you should apply for a job to TikTok:
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
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.
TikTok's User Growth is a cross-functional department (engineering, data science, recommendation/algorithm, product, marketing, operations) that applies a data-driven approach to growth. We work closely to improve the whole TikTok user growth funnel: branding, acquisition, onboarding, engagement, and retention, across a variety of products.
We own multiple product surfaces to serve the diverse content of TikTok to different users and usage scenarios, including TikTok Webapp (www.tiktok.com - one of the most visited website in the world), TikTok TV (Samsung, LG, Vizio, Amazon FireTV, etc), Vehicle Infotainment Systems (Tesla), and TikTok Tablet apps. We are continually expanding to new surfaces. Together they form an important traffic matrix for TikTok to keep growing its user base and user consumption.
As a Senior Frontend Software Engineer in the TikTok User Growth - Traffic Matrix org, you will:
• Work with product managers and data scientists to analyze product and user data, and together propose product iteration ideas based on data insights
• Based on product roadmap and priorities, design highly performant and scalable technical architecture and implement them as frameworks, libraries, or automated processes/guarding mechanisms on ci, etc. Lead other engineers to implement them, and drive adoptions in-team and cross-team, to improve engineering efficiency, reliability, and consistency
• Implement and troubleshoot video playback features and optimize performances - crucial for short video viewing and skipping experiences
• Optimize web performance to ensure a fast and seamless user experience in browsers running on potentially low-end devices such as cheap TVs
• Stay up-to-date with the latest web technologies and trends, and educate engineers and PMs about new product possibilities enabled by these new technologies
• Use full-stack web technology (Node.js, React, TypeScript, HTML, CSS) to develop MVPs and run experiments to validate ideas and iterate quickly, leveraging new technologies, and tools when appropriate
• Lead the conception, estimation, and prioritization of product requirements in the engineering team
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field with at least 5 years of working experience
• Expert in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Expert in video playback technologies such as HTML5 Video and Media Source Extensions and optimization - especially in reducing time to next video play
• Expert in web performance optimization, especially in reducing input latency and LCP
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React, Vue, or Angular - we use React
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• UI/UX instincts and knowledge
Nice-to-have Experiences and Skills
• Experience with developing web-based smart/connected TV/Vehicle/Appliances apps, using DOM-based or Canvas-based solutions
• Experience with cross-platform solutions such as React Native, Flutter
• Experience with WASM for performance and cross-platform related usages
• Experience with WebRTC or other real-time video technologies
• Experience with server-side rendering
• Experience with Webpack, Babel, or other build tools
• Experience with unit testing frameworks
• Experience with cloud-based infrastructure and services
• Experience in Growth Engineering or Growth Hacking; have a successful user growth track record
• Data analytics mindset and skills: EDA using Python (pandas, Jupyter Notebook), BI tools, SQL, Hive, building data pipelines
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected]
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $175750 - $266000 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.At ByteDance/TikTok our benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support ByteDancers to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees: We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care. Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off(PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability. We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
What are TikTok perks and benefits
Lactation facilities
Fertility
Unconscious bias training
Networking
Succession planning
Diversity recruiting
Diversity performance
Short term disability
Paid paternity
Paid maternity
Paid adoptive
About the company
Industry: Technology: Consumer Internet
As the leading destination for short-form mobile video, our platform helps people around the world become a part of a global community. In a world that feels more divided than ever, we are here to inspire creativity and bring joy. We do this by embracing change, thriving in ambiguity, and always looking for solutions.
Why you should apply for a job to TikTok:
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.