Senior AI Backend Software Engineer, TikTok - Asset Services San Jose Technology - Backend Regular

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Wellbeing benefits

10 holidays per year

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Senior AI Backend Software Engineer for Asset Services in San Jose to design and scale backend systems for a large consumer platform.

You will collaborate with product, design, and frontend teams, build end-to-end solutions, and advance an AI-native service ecosystem and agent-based creation.

This role offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities to impact hundreds of millions of users.

Qualifications

• Backend experience with large-scale consumer apps.
• Strong knowledge of architectures, data structures, and algorithms.
• Proven ability to communicate and collaborate in teams.
• Experience with distributed systems.
• AI application experience and AI coding paradigms knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product, design and frontend to deliver strong UX.
• Build end-to-end products balancing usability, performance and maintainability.
• Scale the creation experience for 100M+ UGC users and 10M designers.
• Develop an AI-native service ecosystem and development workflow.
• Build an Agent system for intelligent creation.

Skills

Backend development

CS fundamentals

Team communication

Distributed systems

AI applications

AI Agents experience

Education

B.S./B.A. in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Senior AI Backend Software Engineer, TikTok - Asset Services

Location:

San Jose

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code:

A72224B

Responsibilities

• Work closely with cross functional teams like product managers, designers, and Frontend engineers to deliver state of the art user experience in the above products mentioned;
• Build world-class products end-to-end, which combine usability, accessibility, elegance, performance, and maintainability;
• Guarantee the creation experience of 100 million-level UGC users and 10 million-level designers;
• Construct an AI Native service ecosystem and development workflow;
• Build an Agent system serving intelligent creation.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Experienced in building backend services for large-scale consumer-facing applications;
• Deep understanding of computer architectures, data structures, and algorithms;
• Have good team communication and collaboration skills;
• Understand modern distributed system architecture;
• In‑depth AI application experience and understanding of AI Coding paradigms.

Preferred Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related major;
• Industry experience in a software development environment;
• Experience in building AI Agents and understanding the construction principles of knowledge bases/Skill systems/memory.

Job Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $162000 - $387600 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.

We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok Accommodation

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request

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