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About the Team:

The Media Platform team is responsible for optimizing app experience related to performance for TikTok users. This team collaborates with all teams in the video creation and consumption ecosystem to provide end-to-end optimization solutions, including client, shooting, uploading, video playback, video delivery and player, etc.

We are looking for backend engineers that have strong problem solving skills and algorithm understanding to build and manage high available, scalable, reliable systems. You will have the opportunity to partner closely with a globalized engineering and product teams in a high-impact and fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:
- Work with Product, Infrastructure Engineering, Data Engineering and Algorithm teams to solve problems that power large-scale global infrastructure
- Identify security, privacy related issues in the world's most complicated end-to-end video platform and build toolings to resolve them
- Develop reusable software and optimize for infrastructure operations as well as engineering developer efficiency

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Experience with software development practices such as source control, code reviews, unit testing, debugging and profiling
- 4 years+ experience in coding & scripting languages such as C, C++, C #, Java, Golang, Python
- Interpersonal and communication experience
- Experience working with cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of video/audio technologies, video codecs, media containers and video streaming algorithms is a strong plus
- Experience in multimedia file analytic tooling or prototype development
- Strong programming skills in C, C++ and script language
- Experience working on ambiguous problems and managing uncertainty

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 https://shorturl.at/cdpT2

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $184300 - $337250 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.