Frontend Software Engineer, TikTok Effect Platform

Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, 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.

An "Effect" is an innovative camera feature that seamlessly integrates cutting-edge AR technology, enabling users to create captivating videos. Central to the TikTok user experience, effects ignite joy, foster creativity, and spur new trends among our billion+ global community.

The Effect Platform team, instrumental in stimulating digital creativity, fosters a vibrant ecosystem for global effect designers. Based in the US, our focus is to enhance the designer community's experience through:

1. Comprehensive onboarding of new designers with robust educational resources and guidance.
2. Development and maintenance of an effect management portal.
3. Provision of a data analytics dashboard for insightful feedback.
4. Implementation of monetary and non-monetary incentive schemes.

To deliver top-tier products, our team harnesses various software stacks and consists of both Frontend and Backend engineers. Particularly for Frontend engineers:

1. We utilize hybrid WebView solutions for feature delivery within the TikTok app.
2. We build the effecthouse.tiktok.com site using acclaimed web frameworks such as React/Redux.
3. We leverage TikTok's infrastructure to build multi-region, multi-language systems.

Responsibilities

1. Work closely with cross-functional teams like product managers, designers, etc. to deliver state-of-the-art user experience in the above products mentioned.
2. Build world-class frontends, which combine usability, accessibility, elegance, performance, and maintainability.
3. Adopt automated and manual test strategies to ensure product quality.
4. Learn and understand how TikTok products work and help build end-to-end solutions.
5. Learn and grow from working with great colleagues and taking on challenges.
6. Help our team grow from your expertise.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Understanding of component-based development ideas, familiarity with React, Angular 2.0+, Vue.js, or any other equivalent library/framework.
2. Experience in solving CSS/JS multi-browser compatibility problems and front-end performance optimization.
3. Understanding of construction and continuous integration, familiarity with at least one construction tool, such as webpack, or esbuild.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field with 2 years of practical experience in relevant domains.
2. Understanding of back-end technologies and databases, or experience on RemixJS or Docusaurus framework is a plus.

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

Job Information:

For Pay Transparency
Compensation Description (annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $145000 - $250000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and 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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
3. Exercising sound judgment.