TikTok

Software Development Engineer Graduate (Global E-Commerce-Quality Platform & AI Test Automation) - 2027 Start

TikTok$128K — $256K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline completed or in progress.
  • Understanding of software testing, computer networks, databases, algorithms, and system architecture.
  • Proficient in at least one programming language with knowledge of software development workflows.
  • Familiarity with test automation concepts and quality engineering methodologies.
  • Strong attention to detail, execution capabilities, and learning agility.
  • Experience in software testing or automation through internships or coursework is preferred.
  • Interest in AI testing and the ability to validate AI-driven behaviors is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with developers and product managers to automate product quality acceptance criteria.
  • Build scalable automation solutions for various types of testing including functional and performance.
  • Engage in product requirement and technical design reviews to identify quality risks early on.
  • Develop reusable testing tools and frameworks to enhance team efficiency.
  • Analyze and improve the testing strategy and engineering processes continuously.
  • Contribute to testing practices for AI features and improve intelligent test generation.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one.
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match.
  • Paid parental leave and disability coverage.
  • Life insurance and wellbeing benefits.
  • 10 paid holidays and 10 paid sick days annually.
  • 17 days of Paid Personal Time, with accrual increases by tenure.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Global E-Commerce Team is a content E-commerce business with international short video products as the carrier. It is committed to becoming the first choice for users to discover and purchase good products at affordable prices. The global E-commerce business team hopes to provide users with a more tailored and efficient consumption experience, enabling merchants to receive reliable platform services in different scenarios such as live E-commerce, and short video content E-commerce, so as to make more affordable and high-quality products sell easily and a better life within reach. As a Software Development Engineer in Quality team, you will build automation frameworks, testing infrastructure, and intelligent quality capabilities that protect the experiences and transactions of millions of users-all while using AI as an integral part of your daily workflow. We are looking for talented individuals to join our team. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by the end of the year. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume. Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to our Company and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early. Candidates who pass resume screening will be invited to participate in Our Company's technical online assessment. Responsibilities: - Design and build robust, high-quality test automation frameworks and tools for functional, regression, and performance testing, improving automated defect detection for both existing and new features. - Participate in product requirement and architecture reviews to understand business logic, system architecture, and potential risks, shifting quality activities earlier in the design and development lifecycle. - Use AI-assisted development tools throughout the workflow to accelerate coding, test design, and script maintenance. Review AI-generated code and test cases for correctness before deployment. - Develop AI-powered testing capabilities, including LLM and agent-based test-data generation, intelligent UI exploration, log analysis, defect detection, triage and fixing. - Support AI-powered product features by designing evaluation datasets and acceptance criteria for scenarios such as search, recommendations, and intelligent customer service. Develop evaluation methods for non-deterministic outputs. - Proactively identify quality and stability bottlenecks. Analyze quality metrics, including defect trends, test coverage, and automation stability, and continuously improve engineering processes.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: - Individuals who are completing or have recently completed a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline. - Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, operating systems, networks, and databases. - Hands-on experience with at least one programming language, such as Python, Java, Go, or C++, along with a fundamental understanding of system design. - Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and an understanding of how to validate and review their output. - Strong sense of ownership, self-motivation, and ability to learn quickly. Preferred Qualifications: - Experience building AI-powered applications or working with LLM APIs, prompt engineering, or agent development through internships or open-source projects. - Experience applying AI to test automation, including test-case generation, script development and maintenance, intelligent execution, and defect analysis, to improve testing efficiency and quality. - Exposure to AI evaluation systems, model-output quality analysis, or evaluation-dataset development. - Demonstrated software engineering or quality engineering experience through internships, professional work, coding competitions, or personal projects. - Curiosity about emerging technologies and strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. - Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-moving, multicultural, and geographically distributed team.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $128000 - $256000 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.

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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