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TikTok · 2 weeks ago

Software Engineer Graduate (Video-on-Demand Algorithm) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$119K/yr - $187K/yr

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. The Video-on-Demand Algorithm team is responsible for optimizing the app experience related to performance for TikTok users, collaborating with various teams to provide algorithmic support for end-to-end optimization solutions.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

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

Qualification

Algorithm developmentMultimedia experienceNetwork domain experienceData analysisLearning-based model development

Required

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computing Engineering, or related fields

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

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

Benefits

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

10 paid holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)

Company

TikTok

Glassdoor3.4

TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.

Founded in 2003

Los Angeles, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.tiktok.com

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