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.

Creative Effects are a big part of the TikTok experience. From Versailles Run to Dancing Dino, effects make content creation easy, and fun. Each effect has the potential to reach TikTok's global community of a billion+ users and inspire new trends, lots of joy, and endless creativity. Our mission is to inspire user creativity with powerful creation tools. We are building Effect House, the official Augmented Reality creation tool for TikTok. If you are passionate about AR technologies and 3D content creation, you came to the right place.

You will be responsible for crafting the technology that enables intuitive effect development and design. From advanced interactions to visual scripting, you'll build the tools our creators need to experiment and make engaging, immersive, and innovative effects, bringing creativity to (augmented) reality! You will focus on building a unified algorithm system that delivers numerous cutting-edge AR algorithms to various TikTok products. Our AR Effect Platform enables the breakthrough AR interactive experience, consumed by hundreds of millions of TikTok users around the world.

Responsibilities:
- Design and implement innovative features for TikTok's Effect House, the platform's special effects editor.
- Provide robust support to our rapidly growing effect creator community and internal effect production team, enabling them to realize their creative vision.

Qualifications

- Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and native programming (C++, multi-threading, memory management).
- Solid experience in system design, particularly in the context of UI/UX for creative tools.

Preferred Qualifications:
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field with 2 years of software development experience, with a strong emphasis on game engine technology, computer graphics, AR/VR, game development, or simulation.
- Familiarity with game engines (Unity/Unreal) and real-time rendering, animation, and VFX pipelines.
- Capability in developing cross-platform solutions (macOS, Windows, iOS, Android) and web technologies (React, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js).
- Experience in developing developer-facing APIs, plugins, or libraries.
- Experience in AR/VR projects and proficiency with graphics APIs (OpenGL, WebGL, DirectX, Metal, Vulkan).
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.
- A quick learner, able to rapidly adapt to new challenges and solve complex problems with wit and ingenuity.
- A strong passion for user experience, augmented reality, and a commitment to crafting innovative and creative solutions.
- Keen interest in TikTok and its community of creators.

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