Backend Engineer, Agentic Platform & AI Automation

TikTok USDS Joint Venture; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Savings Plan With Company Match

Paid Parental Leave

Short-term Disability Coverage

Long-term Disability Coverage

Life Insurance

Wellbeing Benefits

Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Days

Paid Personal Time

Job summary

TikTok USDS Joint Venture in San Jose, CA seeks a software engineer to design and deploy production-grade services and autonomous AI agents for infrastructure triage and remediation.

You will integrate agent frameworks with internal monitoring and ticketing systems, building robust microservices and reliable RESTful APIs to support scalable operations. Join a team focused on observability, reliability, and cutting-edge automation.

Qualifications

• Requires BS/MS in Computer Science or related field with 2+ years of software engineering experience in infrastructure or backend roles.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or C/C++ and experience with microservices or RESTful APIs is essential.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy production-grade services and autonomous AI agents to automate infrastructure triage and remediation.
• Integrate agent frameworks with internal monitoring and ticketing systems to reduce manual ticket-handling effort.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and observability of systems.

Skills

Python

Go

C/C++

RESTful APIs

LLM Orchestration

Distributed Systems

Linux Internals

CI/CD

Telemetry

SRE

Data Structures

Algorithms

Backend Automation

Concurrent Programming

System Observability

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Job description

TikTok USDS Joint Venture in San Jose, CA seeks a software engineer to design and deploy production-grade services and autonomous AI agents for infrastructure triage and remediation.

You will integrate agent frameworks with internal monitoring and ticketing systems, building robust microservices and reliable RESTful APIs to support scalable operations. Join a team focused on observability, reliability, and cutting-edge automation.