Graduate Software Engineer, Recommendation Infra

TikTok; San Jose, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 317,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is hiring a Software Engineer Graduate (Recommendation Infrastructure) for a 2027 start in San Jose. You will join the Recommendation Architecture Team to design and optimize the recommendation system, building high-performance online services and data pipelines.

You will collaborate with ML engineers to productionize models and improve latency and cost efficiency. Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor's in CS or related field and are proficient in Go, C++, Java, or Python, with a passion for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• Strong programming skills with good code design and style; familiarity with Go, C++, Java or Python.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, computer networking, and distributed systems design.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the design of the recommendation system to enhance development efficiency, performance, scalability, and recommendation effectiveness.
• Build and maintain high-performance, high-availability online services for the TikTok recommendation system.
• Build efficient and reliable data pipelines for candidate generation, profile generation, and training-example generation.
• Pursue extreme performance optimization in storage, computing, or application layers; optimize latency, throughput, and resource costs at scale.
• Troubleshoot production issues and ensure operational stability including capacity planning and monitoring.
• Collaborate with ML engineers to productionize models safely.

Skills

Go

C++

Java

Python

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Redis

Kafka

RPC frameworks

Caching

Storage systems

Job description

TikTok is hiring a Software Engineer Graduate (Recommendation Infrastructure) for a 2027 start in San Jose. You will join the Recommendation Architecture Team to design and optimize the recommendation system, building high-performance online services and data pipelines.

You will collaborate with ML engineers to productionize models and improve latency and cost efficiency. Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor's in CS or related field and are proficient in Go, C++, Java, or Python, with a passion for