Backend

Back End Engineer - Video and Edge

Location
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Sydney

Employment Type
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Regular

Job Code
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A236075

Responsibilities

Team Introduction

The Data-Video and Edge-Business Management team is responsible for building and operating the infrastructure that underpins large-scale video services across Douyin and TikTok. The team supports the end-to-end video transmission and processing technology stack, and develops the video domain’s operations management platform, as well as global scheduling and orchestration systems to power complex scenarios such as video-on-demand and live streaming.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of business scenarios; lead business modeling, scenario abstraction, and end-to-end technical design and implementation for the operations management platform.
• Collaborate with the team to research and evaluate cutting-edge technologies including AI; drive the integration of AI-powered analytics into the platform, delivering measurable technical and business impact.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or a related field.
• Strong programming fundamentals with clean, well-structured code; solid grounding in data structures, algorithms, and problem-oriented engineering thinking.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and dependable; excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Passionate about software engineering with a strong intellectual curiosity; able to stay current with and rapidly adopt emerging technologies such as AI.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity or hands-on experience with CDN traffic scheduling, operational analytics, or AI applications.

Job Information

About TikTok

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 we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

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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.

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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. Join us.

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Diversity & Inclusion

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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.

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Acknowledgment of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation, TikTok acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.