Tech Lead: AI-Driven Growth & Content Backend

TikTok Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 254,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok Inc. is seeking a senior backend engineer to design and scale growth and content-optimization systems powered by AIGC technologies. You'll work across product, data, engineering, and AI-driven content teams to deliver measurable business impact across Web, Lite, and emerging platforms.

Join a cross-functional team responsible for the architecture of growth systems, mentor engineers, and own end-to-end delivery of high-impact projects from design to production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or a related field.
• 5+ years of industry experience in backend engineering or distributed systems.
• Experience designing and building large-scale backend services or consumer-facing platforms.
• Experience working on content, growth, recommendation, experimentation, or search-related systems.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Go, Python, Java, or C++.
• Strong system design, architecture, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional technical projects from design to production.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to drive alignment across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of backend systems that power user growth and content optimization across TikTok platforms.
• Drive innovative growth initiatives across search, discovery, and other emerging traffic channels.
• Develop AIGC-powered solutions and scalable systems for content optimization, experimentation, and automated workflows.
• Own the technical direction and architecture evolution of key growth and content systems.
• Lead complex projects end-to-end, from technical design to production rollout, with strong ownership of quality and business impact.
• Partner closely with product, data, algorithm, and design teams to drive cross-functional technical execution.
• Mentor engineers, review technical designs, and raise engineering standards across the team.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Go

Python

Java

C++

System design

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

TikTok Inc. is seeking a senior backend engineer to design and scale growth and content-optimization systems powered by AIGC technologies. You'll work across product, data, engineering, and AI-driven content teams to deliver measurable business impact across Web, Lite, and emerging platforms.

Join a cross-functional team responsible for the architecture of growth systems, mentor engineers, and own end-to-end delivery of high-impact projects from design to production.