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.
About the Team:
The Media Platform team is responsible for optimizing app experience related to performance for TikTok users. This team collaborates with all teams in the video creation and consumption ecosystem to provide end-to-end optimization solutions, including client, shooting, uploading, video playback, video delivery and player, etc.
We are looking for backend engineers that have strong problem-solving skills and algorithm understanding to build and manage high available, scalable, reliable systems. You will have the opportunity to partner closely with globalized engineering and product teams in a high-impact and fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities:
- Work with Product, Infrastructure Engineering, Data Engineering and Algorithm teams to solve problems that power large-scale global infrastructure.
- Identify security, privacy related issues in the world's most complicated end-to-end video platform and build tooling to resolve them.
- Develop reusable software and optimize for infrastructure operations as well as engineering developer efficiency.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with software development practices such as source control, code reviews, unit testing, debugging and profiling.
- 1 year+ experience in coding & scripting languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, Golang, Python.
- Interpersonal and communication experience.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of video/audio technologies, video codecs, media containers and video streaming algorithms is a strong plus.
- Experience in multimedia file analytic tooling or prototype development.
- Strong programming skills in C, C++ and script language.
- Experience working on ambiguous problems and managing uncertainty.
Job Information:
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $145,000 - $250,000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:
We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company match, as well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life, and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care.
Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.
We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra, a 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
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