Tech Lead, Recommendation Infrastructure

3+ months ago• San Jose, CA
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About Us

Tik Tok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video and our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.
Size: 5001-10000 employees

Industry: Entertainment & Gaming, Social Media, Technology

Responsibilities:

The Recommendation Infrastructure Team is responsible for building up and optimizing the infrastructure for our recommendation system to provide the most stable and best experience for our Tik Tok users.
This team builds stable, efficient, flexible and general-purpose recommendation systems, platforms and data applications to support the rapid iteration and growth of Tik Tok products.

We are looking for a Tech Lead who is excited to dive deep into complex challenges in the recommendation and big data spaces and be able to provide technical leadership to key projects. You will be responsible for building and leading the Tik Tok recommendation infrastructure, and have the opportunity to partner closely with a globalized engineering teams in a high-impact and fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• What You'll Do
• Grow and lead a team of engineers committed to creating innovative distributed systems to empower large-scale recommendation and machine learning systems;

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• Build extremely efficient, scalable and reliable online systems and data pipelines, optimize and evolve the system continuously so as to support the skyrocket increase in both user traffic as well as the data amount;
• Work with cross functional teams and key stakeholders to define roadmap, drive initiatives and deliver end-to-end infrastructure solutions to address critical product challenges and improve recommendation performance;
• Support Tik Tok recommendation global development and operation with reliable and scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications:

• Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in Computer Science, or related fields;
• 5+ years of engineering experience in building large-scale distributed systems with 1+ years of engineering technical leadership experience;
• Excellent programming, troubleshooting, and optimization skills in one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: C/C++, Java, Python.
• Experienced in at least one area of the following areas: personalized recommendations, search engine, advertising, machine learning infrastructure, distributed storage systems, big data frameworks;
• Ability to think critically and to formulate solutions to problems in a clear and concise way;
• Effective communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.

Job InformationFor Pay Transparency Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $208800 - $616000 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.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

Client-provided location(s): San Jose, CA

Job ID: Tik Tok-7293280567666231603

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2024-12-06T16:21:04
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Perks and Benefits

Health and Wellness

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• HSA
• Life Insurance
• Fitness Subsidies
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• On-Site Gym
• Mental Health Benefits
• Virtual Fitness Classes

Parental Benefits

• Fertility Benefits
• Adoption Assistance Program
• Family Support Resources

Work Flexibility

• Flexible Work Hours
• Hybrid Work Opportunities

Office Life and Perks

• Casual Dress
• Snacks
• Pet-friendly Office
• Happy Hours
• Some Meals Provided
• Company Outings
• On-Site Cafeteria
• Holiday Events

Vacation and Time Off

• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Personal/Sick Days
• Leave of Absence

Financial and Retirement

• 401(K) With Company Matching
• Performance Bonus
• Company Equity

Professional Development

• Promote From Within
• Access to Online Courses
• Leadership Training Program
• Associate or Rotational Training Program
• Mentor Program

Diversity and Inclusion

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
• Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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