Software Engineer - E-commerce Recommendation Infrastructure - San Jose

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.

Our Team
E-commerce is a new and fast-growing business that aims at connecting all customers to excellent sellers and quality products on TikTok Shop, through E-commerce live-streaming, E-commerce short videos, and commodity recommendation. Our E-commerce Recommendation Infra team is responsible for building up and optimizing the infrastructure for such recommendation systems, so as to provide the most stable and best experience for our users. We work closely with applied machine learning engineers and build scalable systems to support all kinds of innovative algorithms and techniques.

Responsibilities

1. Build industry-leading globalized large-scale recommendation system;
2. Design and build high-performance online systems and reliable data pipelines;
3. Optimize and evolve the system continuously so as to support the skyrocket increase in both user traffic as well as the data amount;
4. Work with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end infrastructure solutions to address critical product challenges and improve recommendation performance.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in Computer Science or related fields, with 3+ years of experience building scalable systems;
2. Strong software development experience with C++, Java or other programming languages;
3. Good teamwork and communication skills, positive and optimistic, and strong sense of ownership;
4. Experienced in at least one of the following areas: personalized recommendations, search engine, advertising, machine learning infrastructure, distributed storage system, big data frameworks.

Inclusivity Statement
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. We are passionate about celebrating our diverse voices and creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach.

Job Information:
Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $136800 - $280000 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, create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and 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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