Senior Software Engineer - TikTok Mobile Reliability, Android

a fast rate of improvement. We are part of product foundation that makes product features and performance optimization possible. In addition, the team will establish and optimize the overall TikTok development process, and keep an ever-watchful eye on our apps performance. Much of our software development focuses on optimizing existing codebase, building infrastructure and automation tools.
On the mobile reliability team, you will have the opportunity to work on complex challenges with scale, while using your expertise in mobile coding, algorithms, data analysis and large-scale mobile application design.
Our culture of curiosity, problem solving and openness is key to our success. Reliability must be a joint effort throughout all teams in TikTok. We encourage people to collaborate, think big and take risks in a blame-free environment. We promote self-direction to work on meaningful projects, while still striving to create an environment that provides support and mentorship needed to learn and grow.
Responsibilities

• Improve the lifecycle of application development from design, to development and application releases.
• Engage in and improve production disaster management and recovery, developing platforms and frameworks to quickly mitigate mobile reliability issues remotely.
• Support teams through activities such as technical design consulting, developing platforms and frameworks, investigating and providing solutions to fix complex reliability issues.
• Develop and maintain our automation tools like static analyzers, reliability automation tests, data pipelines and monitors, reliability analysis tools.
• Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications

• Experience in Android development
• Experience coding in one or more of the following programming languages: Java, Kotlin
  Preferred qualifications
• Expertise in designing, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale Android applications
• Experience coding in C, C++ or Python
• Understanding in one or more of the following: ART and Dalvik, memory optimization, Linux Kernel and ARM assembly
• Ability to debug, optimize code and to automate tasks, large systems data analysis
• Effective communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.
• Ability to have a systematic problem-solving approach.

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].

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $187040 - $280000 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.

Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees 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.