Senior Software Engineer (Android), TikTok Mobile Infrastructure

TikTok

Mountain View, CA

Why you should apply for a job with 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 Mountain View, Seattle Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo. TikTok Mobile Architecture & Infrastructure Team is dedicated to productivity and quality of TikTok APP's engineering projects, empowering hundreds of TikTok mobile developers in areas including infrastructure, app architecture, engineering tool chains, and app foundations. You will join a team consisting of creative, passionate developers who always strive to stay at the forefront of technologies. We constantly push the limits of what our technology is capable of, strive to be leaders in innovation, and deeply value the diversity of team's background. We share our learning through regular weekly meetings, tech talks, and internal tech journals. If you are interested in joining a world-class team and ready for taking up challenges of huge complexity and scale, we look forward to hearing from you soon! Responsibilities: - Build mobile infrastructure and tools to enhance engineering efficiency - Analyze and optimize UI and infrastructure application code for better performance - Develop and maintain reusable Android app components - Collaborate with product engineering teams to deliver technical solutions and best practices - Optimize the project structure and workflow to improve engineering productivity, efficiency, and quality - Drive architecture innovations to support world-class mobile app development - Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience - 3+ years of industry experience in Android development - Experience in building and shipping complex, business critical Android app products with frequent iteration - Deep understanding of design patterns and principles with a broad knowledge of Android techstack - Familiar with Jetpack and/or other open source Android libraries, such as RxJava, Retrofit, Litho, etc. - Deep understanding of Android SDK to create scalable, dynamic, and highly performant UI components - Working knowledge of remote APIs, concurrency, layouts, transitions, animations, client side persistence, and architectural patterns on mobile apps Nice-to-haves: - Experience working in a complex, matrix organization involving cross-functional and/or cross-business projects - Experience working in a mobile architecture/infrastructure team with deep understanding of the techstack in these projects - Experience in sub-engineering areas such as performance optimization, toolchain, automated testing, design pattern, etc. - Strong communication skills; enjoy working as a team while being comfortable with delivering large business outcomes independently 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 believe individuals shouldn't be disadvantaged because of their background or identity, but instead should be considered based on their strengths and experience. We are passionate about this and hope you are too. TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected]

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

TikTok

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 with 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.