Software Engineer Graduate (TikTok Music) - 2025 Start (BS/MS)
San Jose, California
Employer: TikTok
Industry: R&D
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.
About the Team:
TikTok Music team's mission is to build resonance and inspire expression through music, which includes TikTok Music and SoundOn. The team's mission is to inspire music creation by servicing music creators along the lifecycle of music creation, promotion and engagement.
We are looking for motivated individuals interested in complex engineering challenges around one of the most important aspects of TikTok. You will have the opportunity to work closely with Mobile Engineers, Frontend Engineers as well as SRE and Test Engineers in a high-impact and fast-paced environment.
Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2025.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply as early as possible.
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 TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.
Online Assessment
Candidates who pass resume evaluation will be invited to participate in TikTok's technical online assessment in HackerRank.
As a Software Engineer on our Backend team, you will:
• Develop large-scale software systems that power TikTok app.
• Improve system design and architecture to ensure high stability and performance of the services.
• Collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work in rapid product development.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, test, deploy and evolve highly scalable distributed services.
- Partner with Product Managers and work with multiple business partners to develop solutions.
- Work in a fast-paced environment and take responsibility and commitment of the production environment by on-call duties.
- Establish strong ownership of the product and service, provide expertise and insights to collaborating engineering teams.
- Collaborate with global XFN teams to support new products innovations and business proposals, and continuously explore new initiatives from the engineering perspective.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related areas.
- Experience in one or more programming languages such as Go, Java, C++, Python etc.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience designing, evaluating, and improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of a distributed system.
- Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design and unit testing techniques.
- Experience building DSP or Music products is an add-on.
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.
About the Team:
TikTok Music team's mission is to build resonance and inspire expression through music, which includes TikTok Music and SoundOn. The team's mission is to inspire music creation by servicing music creators along the lifecycle of music creation, promotion and engagement.
We are looking for motivated individuals interested in complex engineering challenges around one of the most important aspects of TikTok. You will have the opportunity to work closely with Mobile Engineers, Frontend Engineers as well as SRE and Test Engineers in a high-impact and fast-paced environment.
Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2025.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply as early as possible.
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 TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.
Online Assessment
Candidates who pass resume evaluation will be invited to participate in TikTok's technical online assessment in HackerRank.
As a Software Engineer on our Backend team, you will:
• Develop large-scale software systems that power TikTok app.
• Improve system design and architecture to ensure high stability and performance of the services.
• Collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work in rapid product development.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, test, deploy and evolve highly scalable distributed services.
- Partner with Product Managers and work with multiple business partners to develop solutions.
- Work in a fast-paced environment and take responsibility and commitment of the production environment by on-call duties.
- Establish strong ownership of the product and service, provide expertise and insights to collaborating engineering teams.
- Collaborate with global XFN teams to support new products innovations and business proposals, and continuously explore new initiatives from the engineering perspective.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related areas.
- Experience in one or more programming languages such as Go, Java, C++, Python etc.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience designing, evaluating, and improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of a distributed system.
- Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design and unit testing techniques.
- Experience building DSP or Music products is an add-on.
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2
Created: 2024-09-12
Reference: A102520A
Country: United States
State: California
City: San Jose
ZIP: 95118
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