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TikTok · 16 hours ago

Software Engineer - USDS

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$119K/yr - $259K/yr

1+ years exp

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a highly skilled Backend Software Engineer to support the company's fast growth by building and operating hyper-scale data centers and developing various infrastructure services. The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, fault-tolerant server-side systems that drive platform functionality and stability.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Core Service Development: Design, build, and deploy production-grade, highly concurrent services

System Scalability & Reliability: Implement best practices for ensuring system reliability, performance tuning, and optimizing application efficiency under heavy load

Infrastructure and Operations: Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and integrate services with monitoring and logging tools

Architectural Design: Participate in technical design reviews, identifying and addressing technical debt, and defining future system architecture to support long-term growth

Qualification

C/C++PythonDistributed systemsConcurrent programmingMicroservices architectureTeam collaborationProblem-solving

Required

BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline with industry experience

1+ years experience as a software engineer with proven contributions to team-based projects, ideally in a collaborative role

Solid programming skills, proficient in C/C++ and Python with a strong grasp of data structure and algorithms

Preferred

Deep knowledge of distributed systems, concurrent programming, and microservices architecture

Benefits

Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance

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

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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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