Senior Backend Software Engineer - AI - Asset Services
About the Team
The Creation team is an international R&D group tasked with building creative capabilities for TikTok. We're dedicated to productizing AI and multimedia technologies to create world-class creation experiences for TikTok users. Our tech stack includes front-end, back-end, mobile, and desktop development, as well as multimedia technologies like audio/video processing and AR effects, in addition to visual and graphic algorithms. Our team spans major cities in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou), Singapore, as well as the United States (San Jose, Seattle, and Los Angeles).
The Asset Service manages almost 100 million assets for multiple scenarios (such as TikTok effect and template). We manage the whole lifecycle of multiple assets, including creation, operations to consumption. Our distribution service QPS has reached 1 million, and we have provided the service for multi-regions globally, distributing material to UGC creators. We're also working on AIGC features to improve user experience and creator efficiency. The team is based in the US and CN, and our mission is to develop Loki into an efficient and reliable asset platform that transforms assets into dynamic formats, ensuring magically easy asset creation, management, and consumption across multiple products.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with cross-functional teams like product managers, designers, and Frontend engineers to deliver state-of-the-art user experience
- Build world-class products end-to-end, combining usability, accessibility, elegance, performance, and maintainability
- Guarantee the creation experience of 100 million-level UGC users and 10 million-level designers
- Construct an AI Native service ecosystem and development workflow
- Build an Agent system serving intelligent creation
Minimum Qualifications
- Experienced in building backend services for large-scale consumer-facing applications
- Deep understanding of computer architectures, data structures, and algorithms
- Good team communication and collaboration skills
- Understanding of modern distributed system architecture
- In-depth AI application experience and understanding of AI Coding paradigms
Preferred Qualifications
- BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related major
- Industry experience in a software development environment
- Experience in building AI Agents and understanding the construction principles of knowledge bases/Skill systems/memory
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless.
Pay & Benefits
The base salary range for this position is $156,000 - $387,600 annually. Compensation may vary depending on qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location. This role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives and restricted stock units.
Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).