TikTok
Software Engineer, Recommendation Architecture ShortText
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field.
About the job
Build and optimize the services, data pipelines, and computing and storage systems that power TikTok’s short-text recommendation scenarios.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain high-performance online recommendation services and efficient, reliable data pipelines.
- Build a globalized, large-scale recommendation system.
- Design and develop high-performance computing frameworks and storage systems.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field.
- Programming experience; examples include C, C++, Java, or Golang.
- Effective communication skills, ownership, and drive.
Nice to have
- Experience in personalized recommendations, search engines, machine learning, distributed storage systems, or big data frameworks.
Tools
C, C++, Java, Golang
AI focus
The role builds recommendation systems and pipelines for candidate generation, profile generation, training-example generation, and real-time online training.
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