Go Backend Engineer: Distributed Systems

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a backend engineer in San Jose to build a global copyright protection platform. You will design core services, implement high-availability event-driven pipelines, and optimize databases for large-scale data.

Collaboration with product, frontend, and algorithm teams will be essential to deliver reliable, secure APIs and cross-region workflows. Strong knowledge of Go/Java/C++, databases (MySQL/NoSQL), REST/RPC, and distributed systems is required.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing backend services at scale.
• Strong knowledge of Go/Java/C++ and distributed systems.
• Proficiency with SQL and NoSQL databases like MySQL and NoSQL.
• Familiarity with REST/RPC and building reliable APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design core backend services for a global copyright protection platform.
• Build high-availability, event-driven data pipelines.
• Optimize databases for large-scale data processing and storage.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and algorithm teams to ship secure APIs and cross-region workflows.

Skills

Go

Java

C++

Distributed systems

REST

RPC

MySQL

NoSQL

Event-driven architecture

Tools

Go toolchain

Java toolchain

C++ toolchains

MySQL

NoSQL databases

REST APIs

RPC tooling

Distributed systems tooling

Job description

TikTok is hiring a backend engineer in San Jose to build a global copyright protection platform. You will design core services, implement high-availability event-driven pipelines, and optimize databases for large-scale data.

Collaboration with product, frontend, and algorithm teams will be essential to deliver reliable, secure APIs and cross-region workflows. Strong knowledge of Go/Java/C++, databases (MySQL/NoSQL), REST/RPC, and distributed systems is required.