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Team Introduction
TikTok RTC is a world-leading Real-Time Communication service that provides instant and quality multimedia interaction among our customers across the globe. We are building the next generation audio/video processing and compression platform, along with the fastest delivery networks and the richest cloud services.

Working in this team, you will have the opportunity to tackle the challenges of advanced audio/video algorithm design and global large-scale network deliveries while leveraging your expertise in coding, algorithms, data analysis, and large-scale system design.

As a Senior Software Engineer in the RTC team, you will
- Design, build and maintain a global scale, multi-regional Real Time Communication system.
- Research and development of distributed traffic scheduling platform, stability assurance platform, unified configuration center, real-time message middleware and other core systems.
- Uphold excellent engineering practices in the codebase and system designs
- Design and implement the RTC system to work effectively among data centers
- Optimize the network transmission of streaming media
- Collaborate with internal product and engineering teams

Qualifications

Required:
- Working experience in software engineering.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical background involving software/system engineering, or equivalent working experience.
- Good programming experience with at least one of the following languages: C, C++, Java, Python, or Go.
- Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience with networking, e.g. TCP/IP, DNS, CDN, NAT, Load Balancer, Proxy, etc
- Familiar with Unix/Linux operating systems
- Familiar with commonly used database systems, such as MySQL, Redis, etc
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills

Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiar with Zipkin and other link tracking tools, familiar with commonly used RPC frameworks such as grpc, thrift, spring cloud, Dubbo, Motan, etc.
- Experience with message queue middleware such as Kafka, NSQ, RabbitMQ is preferred
- Experience with WebRTC, CDN, Live Streaming and Multimedia is a bonus.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at dataecommerce.accommodations@tiktok.com

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $177688 - $266000 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.