TikTok · 3 days ago
Tech Lead, AI Agent Platform for Creation Tools
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$209K/yr - $438K/yr
5+ years expTikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Tech Lead for their AI Agent Platform for Creation Tools. This role focuses on building a foundational AI agent platform that powers intelligent agents across various creation tools, emphasizing backend architecture and platform foundations for large-scale, multi-agent systems.
Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo
Responsibilities
Lead the backend architecture and technical roadmap of the AI agent platform
Design and build core platform components including agent runtime, orchestration, and scheduling systems
Architect memory, state management, and tool invocation frameworks for agent execution
Build scalable infrastructure for model serving and inference routing
Enable multi-agent coordination and distributed execution
Define standards for reliability, observability, security, and extensibility
Partner with product and application teams to enable rapid agent development on the platform
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
5+ years of related industry experience
Deep experience designing distributed systems and backend architectures
Strong background in platform or infrastructure engineering
Experience building large-scale, high-availability systems
Proven technical leadership in system design and architecture
Preferred
Experience building AI platforms or ML infrastructure
Experience with workflow engines, schedulers, or orchestration systems
Experience with cloud-native architectures such as microservices and container orchestration
Experience supporting large-scale AI inference workloads
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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