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TikTok

Software Engineer, Recommendation Infrastructure

San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026

Experience
5+ years building scalable systems.
Education
Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field.

About the job

Build and optimize infrastructure for TikTok’s recommendation system, including online services, data pipelines, computing frameworks, and storage systems.

What you'll do

  • Build and maintain high-performance online services for the recommendation system.
  • Develop reliable data pipelines for candidate, profile, and training-example generation, as well as real-time online training.
  • Build large-scale global recommendation systems 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.
  • 5+ years of experience building scalable systems.
  • Programming experience in one or more of 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

Infrastructure work for recommendation systems, including recommendation data pipelines and real-time online training.

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)