Tech Lead Software Engineer, TikTok Backend Infrastructure

Responsibilities

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, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.

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 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.

Qualifications

• BS Degree in Computer Science or related major, with 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 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 gprd.accommodations@tiktok.com

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $212800 - $389500 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.​

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