TikTok

Backend Software Engineer (Multiple Positions)

TikTok$156K — $316K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in relevant fields or Bachelor's with additional experience
  • 1 year experience in designing high throughput services
  • 1 year experience with scalable distributed architectures
  • Experience across the full software development lifecycle
  • Familiarity with CI/CD for service deployment
  • Proficiency with Unix or Linux operating systems

Responsibilities

  • Develop backend systems for simulating production environments
  • Scale and optimize distributed applications
  • Execute the full software development lifecycle
  • Create platforms for internal and external team interaction
  • Build tools to enhance engineering productivity
  • Design and maintain technical architecture for business lines
  • Mentor junior engineers and interns

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage
  • Life insurance and wellbeing benefits
  • 10 paid holidays and 10 sick days per year
  • 17 days of paid personal time with increases by tenure
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Develop backend systems to simulate production environment, user profile, and traffic. Scale distributed applications, tweak technology, and build monitor and alert systems. Execute full software development lifecycle. Build platforms, systems, and services for internal and external teams to interact with the large-scale production systems. Build tools and platforms to improve engineering productivity. Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software. Develop underlying infrastructure and technical architecture for all mid-platform and business lines. Mentor junior engineers and interns.

Qualifications

Qualifications Must have a Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Mathematics, Physics, or a related field, and 1 year of related work experience; OR a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Mathematics, Physics, or a related field, and 3 years of related work experience. Of the required experience, must have 1 year of experience in each of the following: Designing and implementing software service architecture to support high throughput and fault tolerant services; Designing and implementing scalable, fault tolerant, and distributed backend event driven architecture; Working across all phases of the software development lifecycle, including design, development, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance of back-end or cloud native projects; Using the Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipeline to automate the service deployment; and Using Unix or Linux operating system. Type: Full time, 40 hours/week Location: San Jose, CA Salary Range: $156000 - $316800 per year To Apply, click the apply button below. Contact [redacted] if you have difficulty submitting resume through the website.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $156000 - $316800 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

About TikTok

TikTok is a social media app that allows users to create and share short videos. The app was launched in 2016 by Chinese tech company ByteDance. TikTok has become one of the most popular social media apps in the world, with over 1 billion active users. The app has been downloaded over 2 billion times worldwide. TikTok has faced controversy over its data privacy practices and its potential ties to the Chinese government. In 2020, the app faced a potential ban in the United States, but a deal was reached with Oracle and Walmart to create a new company called TikTok Global.
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Size
1,750 employees
Industry
Founded
2012

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