Software Engineer, Emerging Product - USDS

About the Team

The Emerging Product Engineering Team is the incubator for TikTok USDS JV's newest ventures in the US market. We are responsible for the end-to-end success of a diverse portfolio of applications. We operate with a strong “0→1” mindset, prioritizing agility, rapid iteration, and creative problem-solving to build and scale products. Now we are looking for a Software Engineer who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and is passionate about building new businesses from the ground up. In this role, you will develop foundational services that enable our emerging products to successfully launch, localize, and scale in the U.S. Market.

Responsibilities

• Core Service Development: Design, build, and deploy production-grade, highly concurrent services.
• System Scalability & Reliability: Implement best practices for ensuring system reliability, performance tuning, and optimizing application efficiency under heavy load.
• Infrastructure and Operations: Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and integrate services with monitoring and logging tools.
• Architectural Design: Participate in technical design reviews, identifying and addressing technical debt, and defining future system architecture to support long-term growth.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline with industry experience.
• 1+ years experience as a software engineer with proven contributions to team-based projects, ideally in a collaborative role.
• Solid programming skills, proficient in C/C++ and Python with a strong grasp of data structures and algorithms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of distributed systems, concurrent programming, and microservices architecture.

Pay

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $129,960 – $246,240 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on 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.

Benefits

• Day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) savings plan with company match.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Wellbeing benefits.
• 10 paid holidays per year.
• 10 paid sick days per year.
• 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).