Senior Backend Engineer - Global Multimedia Platform

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 187,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) match

Parental Leave

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Wellbeing Benefits

Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Days

Personal Time Off

Job summary

TikTok in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer for the Multimedia Arch Creation Platform. You will design and build backend features that touch global users, partnering with product and cross-functional teams to create a scalable, privacy-conscious content creation platform.

You will work with experts across technical domains to evolve the architecture of large-scale distributed systems and advance multimedia infrastructure for future TikTok content creation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant technical field with 4+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficient in at least one programming language such as Golang, Java, C++, Python.
• Deep understanding of computer architectures, data structures, and algorithms.
• Hands-on experience with databases, caches, and message queues.

Responsibilities

• Directly design and develop features touching global users.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to explore product ideas and technologies.
• Work with experts across technical domains to solve challenges in multimedia infrastructure.
• Evolve the architecture of large-scale distributed backend systems to support TikTok's future.

Skills

Golang

Java

C++

Python

Databases

Caches

Message queues

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Databases

Caches

Message queues

Job description

TikTok in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer for the Multimedia Arch Creation Platform. You will design and build backend features that touch global users, partnering with product and cross-functional teams to create a scalable, privacy-conscious content creation platform.

You will work with experts across technical domains to evolve the architecture of large-scale distributed systems and advance multimedia infrastructure for future TikTok content creation.