Responsibilities

With the enormous growth of live streaming in recent years, our mission is to inspire real-time interactions and help live streamers connect to people from all corners of the globe.

We are looking for passionate and talented engineers to join us to build and optimize a real-time, high-performance, large-scale distributed infrastructure for live streaming in Tik Tok. You will be deeply involved in the developmental lifecycle of critical product features and collaborate closely with product managers to deliver the best live streaming experience for all live streamers and audience alike.

Tik Tok live money platform team will provide strong support for more and richer interactions between Tik Tok live streamers and audience. In the real world, it will benefit our streamers and power Tik Tok to develop at a higher speed and safely.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at Tik Tok.

You will:

• Play a critical role in planning and leading large-scale technical projects to lay the foundation for the iterative development and scale of early products
• Participate in developing robust, efficient technology products that serve 1 billion users
• Be a key member in improving architecture to ensure high stability and performance
• Be involved in researching and applying cutting-edge domain and technical knowledge into products which could benefit worldwide Tik Tok users

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2026. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to Tik Tok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Final year or recent graduate with a background in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Proficient in at least one of the following languages: Go, Python, Java, C++
• Deep understanding of computer architecture, data structures and algorithms in depth knowledge of common databases and messaging frameworks like MySQL/Redis/Kafka
• Able to work closely with diverse stakeholders and have good communication skills
• Self-driven, positive, cooperative and willing to keep learning enthusiasm at all times

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in high scalable, highly available, distributed and mission-critical systems
• Large scale client-facing industry project development experience

Additional Information

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If you have any questions, please reach out to us at apac-earlycareers@tiktok.com.