Senior Backend Software Engineer

Description:

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
At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.

The vision for this team is to build TikTok as a mainstream business platform for the digital marketing ecosystem. This team aims to enhance digital marketing efficiency for business users by encouraging them to bring creative content and joyful experiences for every user on TikTok, with the latest technology and innovative products.

We are looking for strong software engineers who are excited to grow their understanding of Digital Marketing Management, build highly scalable and reliable software partnering across disciplines and geographies, and help businesses to achieve the best results with a joyful experience for TikTok users.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and continuously improve business users' experiences on TikTok.
• Deploy, troubleshoot, and operate large distributed systems.
• Optimize reliability, availability, and performance of globally distributed systems.
• Analyze product objectives to deliver results aligned with project goals.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Collaborate with PM and R&D teams globally, in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering. Strong Computer Science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, software design) and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to think critically and to formulate solutions in a clear and concise way.
• Very strong teamwork skills (e.g. communication, ownership, empathy, honesty).
• Experience with Digital Marketing Management, Instant Messaging systems, Advertisement Technology, or Digital Content Creation is a plus, but not required.
• Experience with consumer-user-facing products is a plus, but not required.