Software Engineer Graduate (Video-on-Demand Algorithm) - 2027 Start

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Paid holidays

Paid sick days

Paid personal time

Job summary

TikTok Inc. is seeking to join the Video-on-Demand Algorithm team to design and optimize media streaming and related algorithms. The role focuses on improving user experience through ABR, preloading, bandwidth estimation, and CDN traffic strategies, with opportunities to run experiments at scale.

The ideal candidate will have a CS-related bachelor’s degree, strong data analysis skills, and experience in multimedia or networking, plus a track record of solving complex algorithmic problems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field.
• Industry or academic experience in multimedia or network domain.
• 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 TikTok user experience.
• Contribute to end-to-end media ecosystem design to improve the algorithmization of the multimedia system.
• Run controlled experiments on millions of streaming sessions to validate improvements.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Algorithm development

Strong programming

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Responsibilities

About the team

The Video-on-Demand (VoD) Algorithm team is responsible for optimizing the app experience related to performance for TikTok users. This team collaborates with all teams within and beyond the VoD team, to provide algorithmic support for end-to-end optimization solutions, including video shooting, uploading, processing, delivery, and playback, etc.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by the end of the year. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement media streaming-related algorithms to improve TikTok user experience. Examples include video preloading, adaptive bitrate streaming (ABR), network bandwidth estimation, CDN traffic allocation, and transport-layer algorithms, to name a few.
• Contribute to end-to-end media ecosystem design to improve the algorithmization of the multimedia system.
• Run controlled experiments on millions of streaming sessions to validate improvements.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Individuals who are completing or have recently completed a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computing Engineering or a related discipline.
• Industry or academic experience in the multimedia or network domain.
• Proven ability to develop new algorithms and identify problems in existing solutions.
• Fluent in statistics and data analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with shipping software on behalf of a major brand at scale is a big plus.
• Experience with learning-based model development is a big plus.

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Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $128000 - $316800 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:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
• Exercising sound judgment.