Mobile Software Engineer, Android Performance

3+ months ago• San Jose, CA

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:

Tik Tok's Creation Experience team delivers the core video production technologies across mobile platforms, enabling hundreds of millions of Tik Tok creators to tell their stories, express their emotions, and convey their knowledge in the format of short-form videos.

We are looking for enthusiastic mobile developers at various levels of experience to work on Tik Tok's core technologies of video filming and editing. The technical stack covers various camera features, nonlinear editing on mobile devices, UGC creation workflow, and a lot more. In this role, you will optimize the performance of Tik Tok's next-generation camera technologies, collaborate with external mobile SoC/device/service partners, and deliver the best user experience on a huge variety of mobile platforms for Tik Tok creators around the world.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with product and business teams to build new and innovative camera features for video posting on Tik Tok using the latest Android programming techniques
• Profile and optimize android application UI and infrastructure code for efficiency and performance. Strive to refine user experience in each and every possible creation workflow for Tik Tok family of video products.
• Stay on top of the latest technologies and work with our industry partners to turn the latest mobile audio/video production capabilities into the best UGC creator experience on Tik Tok.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor or above degree in a technical field in such as computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or equivalent years of experience
• Strong computer science fundamentals in data structure & algorithms with good problem solving skills
• Excellent coding skills with one or more programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, C, C++ or Python.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Android mobile development for applications or frameworks
• Experience and knowledge of one or more domains below:
• Android application architecture including Activity lifecycle, Recycler View, View Model, Rx Java.
• Thread programming and concurrency management
• Android performance optimization including CPU/GPU/Memory profiling with Android studio profiler or systrace.
• Experience with video capture, editing and publishing operations with Tik Tok, Instagram, Snapchat, or Youtube.
• Open minded, great communication, eager to learn, and always passionate about turning cutting-edge technologies into real use cases.

Job InformationFor Pay Transparency Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $118657 - $259200 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.

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

Job ID: Tik Tok-7379077328377497883

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-17T20:31:53
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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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