TikTok · 23 hours ago
Software Engineer Graduate (Data Arch - ShortText Rec) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$119K/yr - $187K/yrTikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Software Engineer Graduate to join their Recommendation Architecture Team. The role involves building and maintaining high-performance online services and data pipelines for TikTok's recommendation system, aiming to optimize user experience and improve search awareness.
Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo
Responsibilities
Build and maintain high performance online services for TikTok recommendation system
Build extremely efficient and reliable data pipelines for candidates generation, profile generation, training examples generation, realtime online training, etc
Build globalized large-scale recommendation system
Design and develop high performance computing frameworks and storage systems
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or above (or expected by 2026) in Computer Science or related fields
Experience in programming, included but not limited to, the following programming languages: C, C++, Java or Golang
Effective communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive
Preferred
Experience in one of the following areas is preferred: personalized recommendations, search engine, machine learning, distributed storage system, big data frameworks is a 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
TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.
Founded in 2003
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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CEO
Blake Chandlee
VP Global Business Solutions
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