Responsibilities
TikTok Social team drives significant user engagement and retention wins through fun, innovative, and technically sophisticated products and features. We move fast, with precision, and consistently execute with privacy at the forefront. Some core features and components we build and maintain include User Profile, Story, Inbox, Messaging, Follow, Like, Comment, Tag, etc. We seek talented individuals who enjoy the intersection of product, data, design, and engineering. As a Social team member, you'll help us improve the TikTok social experience and bring joy to hundreds of millions of users, every day.
As a Backend Engineer on the Social team, you will:
- Develop business critical systems and features that powers TikTok social experiences
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- Improve system design and architecture to ensure high stability and performance of the services
- Collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams to deliver high quality work in rapid product development
- Promote robust and maintainable code, clear documentation, and deliver high-quality work on a tight schedule
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or a related technical discipline
- Experienced in building backend services for large-scale consumer-facing applications
- Proficient in at least one of the following languages: Go, Java, C++, Python
- Deep understanding of computer architectures, data structures and algorithms
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
Job Information
[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $119000 - $237500 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:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.