TikTok · 11 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, AI Agents for Creation Tools
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$187K/yr - $360K/yr
3+ years expTikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for AI Agents for Creation Tools. The role involves building AI-native creation tools that enhance creative workflows through intelligent AI agents, ensuring system reliability and performance while collaborating with product and design teams.
Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo
Responsibilities
Build production-grade AI agent systems for creative applications
Implement agent orchestration frameworks integrating planning, reasoning, and tool execution
Develop scalable pipelines for AI-powered camera effect generation and AI-driven video editing
Integrate large language models and generative models into real-time and batch workflows
Ensure system reliability, performance, and scalability in production environments
Collaborate with research and product teams to deliver user-facing AI features
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
3+ years of related industry experience
Strong experience in backend or platform engineering
Experience integrating AI or machine learning systems into production
Experience building or integrating AI agents that can invoke tools or execute generated code as part of automated workflows
Strong system design and distributed systems fundamentals
Proficiency in Python, C++, Go, or similar languages
Preferred
Experience building coding agents, tool-calling frameworks, or agent systems operating over APIs or services
Experience with creative tools, media systems, or content platforms
Familiarity with multimodal inference pipelines and AI deployment infrastructure
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.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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CEO
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