TikTok
AI Software Engineer, Tech Lead Manager - Camera Innovation, TikTok
San Jose, California · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 5 years of hands-on software engineering experience; 1+ years of people management or technical team leadership experience.
About the job
Leads the Camera Innovation engineering team and builds new TikTok camera and creation experiences, from exploration and prototyping through production.
What you'll do
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, mentorship, and people management for the engineering team.
- Drive technical direction and execution for new camera and creation experiences, incorporating emerging AI and multimedia technologies.
- Partner across Product, Design, Algorithm, and engineering teams to deliver complex initiatives and foster innovation.
What they ask for
- 5 years of hands-on software engineering experience, with technical depth in mobile, backend, AI, multimedia, or related areas.
- 1+ years of people management or technical team leadership experience.
- Strong programming, system design, and software engineering fundamentals.
- Experience building and shipping complex user-facing products or technical systems.
Nice to have
- Experience building 0-to-1 products or working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
- Experience with AI/ML, generative AI, computer vision, graphics, audio/video, multimedia, or consumer-facing creation tools.
AI focus
Explore and productize emerging AI technologies for camera and creation experiences; relevant areas include AI/ML, generative AI, and computer vision.
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