Tech Expert/Backend Engineer - Global Live (Service Architecture)

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.

About Our Team

The mission of the Global Live Service Architecture team is to build real-time interactive architecture and safeguard global LIVE. Our vision is to create a technically leading global LIVE architecture. Join us to tackle huge tech challenges, such as strict compliance requirements and complex global datacenter environments, and make LIVE a more stable, high-performance, resilient, and efficient platform.

Job Description

1. In-depth understanding of LIVE scenes, constructing a stable and reliable core business architecture.
2. Building advanced compliance-ideal architecture, a global low-latency and high-consistency system.
3. Confronting challenges in global multi-datacenter environments and multiple market regions, establishing a leading research and development quality and efficiency system.
4. Participating in global collaboration and driving the implementation of technological innovations.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field, solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, operating systems, and networks.
2. Proficient in at least one programming language, familiar with microservices and common software architecture patterns.
3. Capable of systematic problem-solving, excellent at abstracting issues, and possessing good communication skills and responsibility.

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