Tech Lead, Live Streaming Infrastructure

TikTok
Mountain View, California
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Job Description
Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.

About the team:
Tiktok Live Streaming Infrastructure is a world-leading live streaming platform that provides end to end solutions for TikTok and also our external partners. We are building the next generation live streaming platform including live streaming ingestion, processing and delivery, to provide the best live streaming experience for our billions of users around the world.
Why Join us
At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.

Responsibilities
  • Lead the design and development of the global scale, multi-regional live streaming platform.
  • Design, implement and operate our critical and scalable services - ranging from video delivery services, live scheduling services, and core persistence layer.
  • Define and drive the software engineering best practices by leveraging CI/CD, test automation, etc.
  • Explore new opportunities and drive solutions to improve the system scalability, resilience and performance.
Qualifications
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical background involving software/system engineering, or equivalent working experience.
  • Good programming experience with at least one of the following languages: C, C++, Java, Python, or Go.
  • Strong experience in leading the design and development of large scale distributed systems across multiple teams.
  • Familiar with Unix/Linux operating systems.
  • Experience with SQL, NoSQL databases, Memcache/Redis.
  • Experience with CDN, video processing & delivery technology will be considered as a bonus.
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at nehamehrotra@tiktok.com
Job Information
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $172000 - $337280 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.



At ByteDance/TikTok our benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support ByteDancers to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:



We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.



Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off(PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.



We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

TikTok
Technician
Full Time
Onsite
Competitive
See Description for Experience
1 year, 8 months ago