Backend Engineer, Live Foundation – Scale to 1B Users

TikTok; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok in Sydney is seeking a Backend Software Engineer for the Live Foundation to build scalable services powering live streaming for a billion users and to enable creator monetization. You will design robust architectures, lead technical projects, and collaborate across cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, reliable products with emphasis on performance and stability.

This role offers an opportunity to influence platform-wide decisions, advance live content capabilities, and work

Qualifications

• Proficient in at least one of the following languages: Go, Python, Java, C++.
• Experience building scalable, highly available, distributed and mission-critical systems.
• Deep understanding of computer architecture, data structures and algorithms
• In depth knowledge of common databases and messaging frameworks like MySQL/Redis/Kafka

Responsibilities

• Plan and lead large-scale technical projects to lay the foundation for the iterative development and scale of early products
• Develop robust, efficient technology products that serve 1 billion users
• Lead and improve system design and architecture to ensure high stability, performance, and reliability of the product
• Collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work in rapid product development.
• Contribute to engineering strategy, tooling, processes, and culture, improve R&D quality, efficiency and experience.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

C++

Tools

MySQL

Redis

Kafka

Job description

TikTok in Sydney is seeking a Backend Software Engineer for the Live Foundation to build scalable services powering live streaming for a billion users and to enable creator monetization. You will design robust architectures, lead technical projects, and collaborate across cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, reliable products with emphasis on performance and stability.

This role offers an opportunity to influence platform-wide decisions, advance live content capabilities, and work