Tech Lead Backend Software Engineer - TikTok Account
San Jose, California
Employer: TikTok
Industry: Backend
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, 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.
We are the TikTok Account team, responsible for providing top-notch identity and access related services to TikTok and its associated businesses, including Ecommerce, Business, Music, and Live. As a product and platform team, we take pride in building robust and reliable systems that serve as the foundation for the company's growth and success. Our mission is not only to proactively facilitate user access and security, but also to tackle engineering challenges related to scalability, reliability, security, and system performance. Additionally, we embrace a wide range of business challenges, making this a diverse and intellectually stimulating role.
To thrive in this environment, we are looking for big-picture thinkers and strategic team-players who have a genuine passion for doing what's right. As a Tech Lead in the team, you will guide and lead to building scalable technical foundations, launch various products, and provide the best product for more than 1 billion users.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and deploy highly scalable distributed services for account systems and identity management.
- Collaborate with Product Managers and various business partners to create effective identity solutions.
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment and take ownership and commitment to the production environment through on-call duties.
- Demonstrate strong ownership of the product and service, providing expertise and insights to collaborating engineering teams.
- Work closely with global XFN teams to support new product innovations and business proposals while exploring new engineering initiatives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields.
- 5 - 7 years of working experience in a relevant role.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Go, Java, C++, Python, etc.
- Experience in designing, evaluating, and enhancing efficiency, scalability, and stability of distributed systems.
- Demonstrated track record of driving change within an organization and leading complex technical projects.
- Strong background in building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design and unit testing techniques.
- Technical leadership experience in the domain of Identity and Access.
- Proven expertise in the development and implementation of identity, authentication, and access management.
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 gprd.accommodations@tiktok.com.
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, 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.
We are the TikTok Account team, responsible for providing top-notch identity and access related services to TikTok and its associated businesses, including Ecommerce, Business, Music, and Live. As a product and platform team, we take pride in building robust and reliable systems that serve as the foundation for the company's growth and success. Our mission is not only to proactively facilitate user access and security, but also to tackle engineering challenges related to scalability, reliability, security, and system performance. Additionally, we embrace a wide range of business challenges, making this a diverse and intellectually stimulating role.
To thrive in this environment, we are looking for big-picture thinkers and strategic team-players who have a genuine passion for doing what's right. As a Tech Lead in the team, you will guide and lead to building scalable technical foundations, launch various products, and provide the best product for more than 1 billion users.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and deploy highly scalable distributed services for account systems and identity management.
- Collaborate with Product Managers and various business partners to create effective identity solutions.
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment and take ownership and commitment to the production environment through on-call duties.
- Demonstrate strong ownership of the product and service, providing expertise and insights to collaborating engineering teams.
- Work closely with global XFN teams to support new product innovations and business proposals while exploring new engineering initiatives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields.
- 5 - 7 years of working experience in a relevant role.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Go, Java, C++, Python, etc.
- Experience in designing, evaluating, and enhancing efficiency, scalability, and stability of distributed systems.
- Demonstrated track record of driving change within an organization and leading complex technical projects.
- Strong background in building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design and unit testing techniques.
- Technical leadership experience in the domain of Identity and Access.
- Proven expertise in the development and implementation of identity, authentication, and access management.
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 gprd.accommodations@tiktok.com.
Created: 2024-09-01
Reference: A240536
Country: United States
State: California
City: San Jose
ZIP: 95118
Similar jobs:
-
Software Dev Engineer III, Amazon Search
Amazon in Palo Alto, California💸 $151300 per year -
Senior Product Software Technician - CAD Tooling Engineer/Infrastructure Engineer
Capgemini in San Francisco, California -
Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning Performance, Cloud Platforms
Google in Sunnyvale, California -
Software Engineer- SoC Level Validation Engineer
Apple in Cupertino, California -
Senior Software Engineer
Intuit in San Diego, California -
Senior Software Development Engineer, Large Language Models & Generative AI
TikTok in San Jose, California -
Software Engineer, Systems ML - PyTorch Compiler / Performance (PhD)
Meta in Menlo Park, California -
Software Engineer, Product
Meta in Menlo Park, California -
Internship, Software Engineer, Update Systems (Winter/Spring 2025)
Tesla Motors in Palo Alto, California -
Senior Software Engineer - TikTok Accessibility, Android - San Jose
TikTok in San Jose, California -
Backend Software Engineer, Technical Infrastructure
TikTok in San Jose, California -
Embedded Software Development Engineer
Amazon in Sunnyvale, California💸 $115000 per year -
Principal Software Engineer
Intuit in Mountain View, California -
Embedded Software Development Engineer , OPD Hardware
Amazon in Sunnyvale, California💸 $129300 per year -
Embedded Software Development Engineer
Amazon in Sunnyvale, California💸 $115000 per year -
Senior Software Engineer - USDS
TikTok in Mountain View, California -
iOS Software Engineer, TikTok AI Camera
TikTok in San Jose, California -
Senior Manager, Software Engineering
Intuit in Mountain View, California -
Software Engineer - Location and Spatial Awareness
Apple in San Diego, California -
Manager, Software Engineering
LEARFIELD in Irvine, California💸 $160000 - $180000. per year