Responsibilities

Creative Effects are a big part of the Tik Tok experience. From Versailles Run to Dancing Dino, effects make content creation easy, and fun. Each effect has the potential to reach Tik Tok's global community of a billion+ users and inspire new trends, lots of joy, and endless creativity. Our mission is to inspire user creativity with powerful creation tools. We are building Effect House, the official Augmented Reality creation tool for Tik Tok. If you are passionate about AR technologies and 3D content creation, you came to the right place.

You will be responsible for crafting the technology that enables intuitive effect development and design. From advanced interactions to visual scripting, you'll build the tools our creators need to experiment and make engaging, immersive, and innovative effects, bringing creativity to (augmented) reality! You will focus on building a unified algorithm system that delivers numerous cutting-edge AR algorithms to various Tik Tok products. Our AR Effect Platform enables the breakthrough AR interactive experience, consumed by hundreds of millions of Tik Tok users around the world.

• Design and implement innovative features for Tik Tok's Effect House, the platform's special effects editor.
• Provide robust support to our rapidly growing effect creator community and internal effect production team, enabling them to realize their creative vision.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and native programming (C++, multi-threading, memory management).
• Solid experience in system design, particularly in the context of UI/UX for creative tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field with 5 years of software development experience, with a strong emphasis on game engine technology, computer graphics, AR/VR, game development, or simulation.
• Familiarity with game engines (Unity/Unreal) and real-time rendering, animation, and VFX pipelines.
• Capability in developing cross-platform solutions (macOS, Windows, iOS, Android) and web technologies (React, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js).
• Experience in developing developer-facing APIs, plugins, or libraries.
• Experience in AR/VR projects and proficiency with graphics APIs (OpenGL, WebGL, DirectX, Metal, Vulkan).
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.
• A quick learner, able to rapidly adapt to new challenges and solve complex problems with wit and ingenuity.
• A strong passion for user experience, augmented reality, and a commitment to crafting innovative and creative solutions.
• Keen interest in Tik Tok and its community of creators.

Compensation

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $187,040 - $359,720 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

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
• 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.

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.