Senior Software Engineer, TikTok Backend 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 Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo. TikTok Backend Infrastructure team is responsible for data access control to all online TikTok data, managing data schema in code for attribution and governing, layout foundation for modernized data tracking, deletion, retention, and linkage. And the team is also building the massive horizontally scalable streaming and ingestion services that feed not only our Data Warehouse but also business critical applications. We are building an Infrastructure as Code experience for all data models and storage systems and help automate the development and deployment process by providing frameworks and systems based on metadata and schema. We are looking for motivated individuals interested in complex engineering challenges around one of the most important aspects of TikTok. You will have the opportunity to work closely with a multidisciplinary team of Mobile Engineers, Frontend Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, Data Engineers, and Data Scientists in a high-impact and fast-paced environment. As a Senior Software Engineer on our TikTok Backend Infrastructure team, you will: - Lead some of critical domains of data access, data batching and processing, and horizontally pipeline for critical features of recommendation, analytics, safety and privacy - Design new massive-scale software systems that demand low latency, high reliability, and resilience against disaster, by applying the concept of Infrastructure as Code and Schema as Code. - Develop systems to handle the next phase of growth TikTok's business and ensure high stability and performance. - Collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams to identify new investments, solve critical problems, and deliver high-quality work in rapid product development. Requirements • BS Degree in Computer Science or related major, with at least 5 years of working experience. • Proficient in at least one OOP language, such as Java, Go, C++, Python, etc. • Experience in building backend services for large-scale consumer-facing applications. • Familiar with common open source distributed middleware and components such as MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and MQ. • Understanding of design ideas for distributed system and architecture, including but not limited to service-oriented, asynchronous, highly available, scalable, etc. • Deep understanding of computer architectures, data structures, and algorithms. • Good communication and collaboration skills. 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 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.