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.
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.
TikTok is a true phenomenal app in the world. Our mission is to help live streamers connect users and inspire user interaction in real-time around the world. We are looking for passionate and talented engineers to join us to build up and optimize a real-time, high-performance, large-scale distributed infrastructure for live streaming at TikTok.
About the role: We are looking for a talented and highly motivated Backend Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will join a new team to ensure the safety of funds in transactions of live streaming scene. To achieve that goal, you will be able to understand the whole TikTok LIVE business, design and build tools or platforms that help TikTok LIVE run in a risk-free environment.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Plan and lead large-scale technical projects to lay the foundation for the iterative development and scale of early products
2. Align with product and org objectives, coordinate with cross functional teams on delivering key results.
3. Develop robust, efficient technology products that serve 1 billion users
4. Contribute to engineering strategy, tooling, processes, and culture
5. Research and apply cutting-edge domain and technical knowledge into products
Qualifications
1. Bachelor or above degree in Computer Science or relevant disciplines with 3 years working experience
2. As a world-class engineer, you have rich working experience in scalable, highly available, distributed and mission-critical systems
3. Extensive knowledge of modern software tech stack, including front-end applications, large-scale backend, data pipeline
4. Proficient in at least one of the following languages: Go, Python, Java, C++
5. Deep understanding of computer architecture, data structures and algorithms In depth knowledge of common databases and messaging frameworks like MySQL/Redis/Kafka
6. Able to work closely with diverse stakeholders and have good communication skills
7. Self-driven, positive, cooperative and willing to keep learning enthusiasm at all times
Preferred Qualification Minimum 3 years relevant work experience from a large-scale internet business
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.
