Senior Software Engineer, TikTok Backend Online Infrastructure -Seattle

Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, 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 Online Infrastructure Team is dedicated to building and maintaining a high availability infrastructure that supports the fast-paced nature of TikTok's short video platform. Our team ensures that our backend systems are optimized for the unique demands of high QPS (queries per second) and low latency, enabling millions of users to seamlessly create and consume content every day. We focus on global serving with a multi-data center strategy to provide robust and reliable service to users worldwide.

Key Focus Areas: High Availability Infrastructure, low Latency Distributed Systems，Personal Data Safeguard， Global Architecture with Multi-Data Center

Responsibilities:

- Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable backend infrastructure and services that support cloud-native applications.
- Implement frameworks and tools to enable seamless development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and management of our services and infrastructure components across multiple cloud environments.
- Contribute to the evolution of our continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) processes.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to architect solutions that are optimized for scalability, reliability, fault-tolerance, performance and privacy protection.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance, best practices, and emerging technologies.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

- BS Degree in Computer Science or related fields
- 3+ years of working experience in software engineering with a focus on distributed systems, cloud computing, or data intensive real-time services.
- Strong expertise in designing, building, and optimizing microservices-based architectures for large-scale online services.
- Proficient in at least one programming language, such as Go, Python, or Java, with a solid understanding of software design principles and patterns.
- In-depth knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code tools, and configuration management systems.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts and collaborate effectively with team members at all levels.

Preferred Qualifications:

- 5+ years of experience specifically focused on backend development and distributed systems.
- Proactive and adept at handling uncertainty, skillfully guiding projects from inception to impactful outcomes.
- Highly capable of leading engineering efforts, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving projects to successful completion.

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 https://shorturl.at/cdpT2

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $184300 - $337250 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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