Backend Software Engineer, Asset Services San Jose Technology - Backend Regular

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@2026 Tik Tok

Location:

San Jose

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code:

A87385

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The Creation team is an international R&D group tasked with building creative capabilities for Tik Tok. We're dedicated to productizing AI and multimedia technologies to create world-class creation experiences for Tik Tok 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 addtion 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). Join us to craft the best creative tools with the most cutting-edge AI and multimedia technologies!

The Asset Service which has managed almost 100 million assets for multiple scenarios (such as Tik Tok 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 in the global world, and distribute the material to the UGC creator.

We will keep more efficient, stable and compliant to provide rich materials for the UGC creator to help them create more interesting content. Besides, we're also working on AIGC features in order 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, like the Norse god Loki, transforms assets into dynamic formats, to ensure magically easy asset creation, management, and consumption across multiple products.

As a Backend Engineer in our team, you'll play a key role in shaping this dynamic and ever-evolving platform, significantly contributing to Tik Tok's continued global impact.

• Work closely with cross functional teams like product managers, designers, and Frontend engineers to deliver state of the art user experience in the above products mentioned;
• Build world-class products end-to-end, which combine usability, accessibility, elegance, performance, and maintainability;
• Adopt automated and manual test strategies to ensure product quality;
• Learn and grow from working with great colleagues and taking on challenges;
• Help our team grow from your expertise, experience, and perspectives.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experienced in building backend services for large-scale consumer-facing applications;
• Proficient in at least one of the following languages:
  Go, NodeJS, Python, Java, C++;
• Deep understanding of computer architectures, data structures, and algorithms;
• Have good team communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related major.
• Industry experience in a software development environment.

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $122574 - $316800 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.

• Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employees have day one access to a 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Employees have day one paid parental leave
• Employees have day one short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Employees have day…