Software Engineer, Capital Platform
Apr 1, 2026 San Jose
About us
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video and our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.
- Size: 10,000+ employees
- Industry: Technology: Consumer Internet
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
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Responsibilities
About TikTok Monetization Capital Platform
Our team is responsible for providing a suite of capabilities to support TikTok's advertising operations, including advertising billing, fund account management, fund marketing, fund settlement, and budget control. These capabilities aim to ensure the accuracy and security of advertisers' funds, enhance the efficiency of fund utilization for advertisers, and meet financial compliance requirements. In this team, you will see a direct link between your work, and the company's business success. Meanwhile, you have the opportunity to develop and manage the real-time-charges system for billing events at a scale of billions while simultaneously ensuring billing accuracy and a very high level of stability for the system.
Responsibilities:
1) Responsible for designing and developing applications related to TikTok's monetization capital business, which includes advertising billing, fund account management, fund marketing, fund settlement, and budget control.
2) Contribute to resolving stability challenges encountered by the platform, including high concurrency, system scalability, and disaster recovery.
3) Continuously optimize the system so that it can evolve rapidly with business needs and support business development.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
1) Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science or related technical field.
2) Deep understanding of computer architectures, data structures, and algorithms.
3) Possessing a strong coding and documentation style.
4) Familiar with common components such as MySQL, Redis, Flink, ElasticSearch, Kafka, and RPC.
5) 3 years of hands-on experience in software development, particularly with Java.
6) Good at communication, sensitive to business, able to quickly understand the business background, and have an excellent ability to integrate technology and business.
Job Information
[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $162000 - $316800 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.
About TikTok Monetization Capital Platform
Our team is responsible for providing a suite of capabilities to support TikTok's advertising operations, including advertising billing, fund account management, fund marketing, fund settlement, and budget control. These capabilities aim to ensure the accuracy and security of advertisers' funds, enhance the efficiency of fund utilization for advertisers, and meet financial compliance requirements. In this team, you will see a direct link between your work, and the company's business success. Meanwhile, you have the opportunity to develop and manage the real-time-charges system for billing events at a scale of billions while simultaneously ensuring billing accuracy and a very high level of stability for the system.
Responsibilities:
1) Responsible for designing and developing applications related to TikTok's monetization capital business, which includes advertising billing, fund account management, fund marketing, fund settlement, and budget control.
2) Contribute to resolving stability challenges encountered by the platform, including high concurrency, system scalability, and disaster recovery.
3) Continuously optimize the system so that it can evolve rapidly with business needs and support business development.
Minimum Qualifications:
1) Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science or related technical field.
2) Deep understanding of computer architectures, data structures, and algorithms.
3) Possessing a strong coding and documentation style.
4) Familiar with common components such as MySQL, Redis, Flink, ElasticSearch, Kafka, and RPC.
5) 3 years of hands-on experience in software development, particularly with Java.
6) Good at communication, sensitive to business, able to quickly understand the business background, and have an excellent ability to integrate technology and business.
About TikTok Monetization Capital Platform
Our team is responsible for providing a suite of capabilities to support TikTok's advertising operations, including advertising billing, fund account management, fund marketing, fund settlement, and budget control. These capabilities aim to ensure the accuracy and security of advertisers' funds, enhance the efficiency of fund utilization for advertisers, and meet financial compliance requirements. In this team, you will see a direct link between your work, and the company's business success. Meanwhile, you have the opportunity to develop and manage the real-time-charges system for billing events at a scale of billions while simultaneously ensuring billing accuracy and a very high level of stability for the system.
Responsibilities:
1) Responsible for designing and developing applications related to TikTok's monetization capital business, which includes advertising billing, fund account management, fund marketing, fund settlement, and budget control.
2) Contribute to resolving stability challenges encountered by the platform, including high concurrency, system scalability, and disaster recovery.
3) Continuously optimize the system so that it can evolve rapidly with business needs and support business development.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
1) Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science or related technical field.
2) Deep understanding of computer architectures, data structures, and algorithms.
3) Possessing a strong coding and documentation style.
4) Familiar with common components such as MySQL, Redis, Flink, ElasticSearch, Kafka, and RPC.
5) 3 years of hands-on experience in software development, particularly with Java.
6) Good at communication, sensitive to business, able to quickly understand the business background, and have an excellent ability to integrate technology and business.
Job Information
[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $162000 - $316800 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.
Responsibilities
ResponsibilitiesAbout TikTok Monetization Capital Platform
Our team is responsible for providing a suite of capabilities to support TikTok's advertising operations, including advertising billing, fund account management, fund marketing, fund settlement, and budget control. These capabilities aim to ensure the accuracy and security of advertisers' funds, enhance the efficiency of fund utilization for advertisers, and meet financial compliance requirements. In this team, you will see a direct link between your work, and the company's business success. Meanwhile, you have the opportunity to develop and manage the real-time-charges system for billing events at a scale of billions while simultaneously ensuring billing accuracy and a very high level of stability for the system.
Responsibilities:
1) Responsible for designing and developing applications related to TikTok's monetization capital business, which includes advertising billing, fund account management, fund marketing, fund settlement, and budget control.
2) Contribute to resolving stability challenges encountered by the platform, including high concurrency, system scalability, and disaster recovery.
3) Continuously optimize the system so that it can evolve rapidly with business needs and support business development.
Qualifications
QualificationsMinimum Qualifications:
1) Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science or related technical field.
2) Deep understanding of computer architectures, data structures, and algorithms.
3) Possessing a strong coding and documentation style.
4) Familiar with common components such as MySQL, Redis, Flink, ElasticSearch, Kafka, and RPC.
5) 3 years of hands-on experience in software development, particularly with Java.
6) Good at communication, sensitive to business, able to quickly understand the business background, and have an excellent ability to integrate technology and business.
Additional Information
- Salary: $162,000 – $316,800
- Posted: Apr 1, 2026