Software Engineer Grad - VoD Algorithms, Streaming Impact

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 317,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Software Engineer Graduate for the Video-on-Demand Algorithm team in San Jose. This 2027 start role focuses on designing and implementing media streaming algorithms to enhance the TikTok viewing experience, with opportunities to work on ABR, preloading, and network estimation while collaborating across teams.

Candidates should be recent graduates with a CS-related degree and strong data analysis skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computing Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience in multimedia or network domain is preferred.
• Proven ability to develop new algorithms and identify problems in existing solutions.
• Fluent in statistics and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement media streaming-related algorithms to improve user experience (e.g., ABR, preloading, bandwidth estimation).
• Contribute to end-to-end media ecosystem design for multimedia systems.
• Run controlled experiments on millions of streaming sessions to validate improvements.

Skills

Algorithm development

Statistics & data analysis

Shipping software at scale

Learning-based model development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

TikTok is seeking a Software Engineer Graduate for the Video-on-Demand Algorithm team in San Jose. This 2027 start role focuses on designing and implementing media streaming algorithms to enhance the TikTok viewing experience, with opportunities to work on ABR, preloading, and network estimation while collaborating across teams.

Candidates should be recent graduates with a CS-related degree and strong data analysis skills.