Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Ads Interface & Platform

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

    ation with product managers and cross-functional teams, you will help deliver impactful solutions that enhance the user experience and improve overall product performance. Your contributions will directly influence the success of TikTok's monetization products and their ability to meet evolving market demands.

    Responsibilities:

    • Design and develop scalable, high-performance backend services and platforms supporting monetization product domains.
    • Independently architect backend solutions, create technical designs, and ensure system scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability.
    • Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
    • Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to gather and translate business requirements into technical specifications.
    • Develop automation tools to streamline operations and improve development efficiency.

    Qualifications

    Minimum Qualifications:

    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Information Technology, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, or a related field, and related work experience.
    • Proficient in Python backend development, with hands-on experience using frameworks such as Django, Flask, FastAPI, or equivalents.
    • Experience designing and implementing robust RESTful APIs following best practices for scalability, maintainability, and security.
    • Experience designing and building high-performance, low-latency backend systems.
    • Demonstrated ability to independently design, document, and deliver technical solutions balancing business requirements and technical constraints.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Hands-on experience designing and implementing scalable, distributed, and fault-tolerant backend architectures that support high availability and reliability.
    • Strong collaboration and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to work effectively across teams and drive projects to completion.
    • Proven experience in monetization or other commercial product backend development, with a strong understanding of business impact and revenue-driving features.
    • Commitment to writing clean, testable, maintainable code with a focus on performance and reliability.

    Job Information

    [For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

    The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $194000 - $355000 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.