Senior AI Backend Engineer – Scalable AI Services

TikTok Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 388,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Senior AI Backend Software Engineer, Asset Services, based in San Jose, to design and scale backend services for our AI-driven creation tools.

You will work with product, design, and frontend teams to deliver robust, scalable systems, build AI agents, and support 100M+ user generation. The role offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities to influence how creators worldwide build, create, and share.

Qualifications

• Experience building backend services for large-scale apps.
• Deep understanding of architectures, data structures, algorithms.
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of modern distributed system design.
• In-depth AI application experience and AI coding paradigms.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to deliver superior user experiences.
• Build end-to-end, scalable backend services emphasizing usability, accessibility, performance, and maintainability.
• Ensure scalable creation experiences for large user bases.
• Design an AI Native service ecosystem and development workflow.
• Develop an Agent system to support intelligent creation.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Team collaboration

AI experience

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science

Job description

TikTok is seeking a Senior AI Backend Software Engineer, Asset Services, based in San Jose, to design and scale backend services for our AI-driven creation tools.

You will work with product, design, and frontend teams to deliver robust, scalable systems, build AI agents, and support 100M+ user generation. The role offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities to influence how creators worldwide build, create, and share.