Backend Engineer - Live Foundation Internship

TikTok Inc.

Sydney

On-site

AUD 34,000 - 55,000

Part time

14 days+

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Job summary

TikTok Inc. is offering a graduate internship in software development focused on scalable, high-availability systems for a platform serving billions of users.

You will work on large-scale projects, contribute to architecture decisions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust technology. Ideal candidates are pursuing an undergraduate degree in a technical discipline and have hands-on experience with distributed systems, databases, and modern programming languages.

Qualifications

  • Pursuing an Undergraduate in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
  • Proficient in at least one language: Go, Python, Java, or C++.
  • Experience building scalable, distributed systems and knowledge of databases/messaging.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and lead large-scale technical projects enabling early product scalability.
  • Develop robust software that serves a large user base.
  • Lead system design to ensure stability, performance and reliability.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work.
  • Contribute to engineering strategy, tooling, processes and culture.

Skills

Go
Python
Java
C++

Tools

MySQL
Redis
Kafka

Job description

TikTok Inc. is offering a graduate internship in software development focused on scalable, high-availability systems for a platform serving billions of users.

You will work on large-scale projects, contribute to architecture decisions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust technology. Ideal candidates are pursuing an undergraduate degree in a technical discipline and have hands-on experience with distributed systems, databases, and modern programming languages.

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