Senior Backend Architect, Global Data Services

TikTok; San Jose, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 162,000 - 388,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) match

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Wellbeing benefits

Paid holidays

Paid sick days

Paid Personal Time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for Core Data Service in San Jose. You will lead the architectural design of the core data service, drive cross-region, active-active solutions, and oversee metadata/storage systems at trillion-scale data.

Strong coding in Go/C++/Java and AI-native approaches are valued. Join a team tackling global storage challenges with high availability, performance, and AI-driven automation across multiple regions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in developing large-scale backend distributed systems.
• Experience with globalized, active-active architectures and cross-region data consistency.
• Proficiency in Go, C++, or Java with strong code quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design and evolution of the core data service for active-active, cross-region, highly available systems.
• Develop core metadata management, storage, and distribution components with performance optimization for high throughput.
• Explore AI-native integration for data insights, governance, and anomaly detection.
• Define medium-to-long-term technical roadmaps and guide the team through key challenges.

Skills

Backend distributed systems

Active-active architecture

Go/C++/Java

AI/ML in infrastructure

Distributed storage systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Redis

RocksDB

Spanner

Job description

TikTok is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for Core Data Service in San Jose. You will lead the architectural design of the core data service, drive cross-region, active-active solutions, and oversee metadata/storage systems at trillion-scale data.

Strong coding in Go/C++/Java and AI-native approaches are valued. Join a team tackling global storage challenges with high availability, performance, and AI-driven automation across multiple regions.