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TikTok

Tech Lead Software Engineer, Innovative Growth

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

Experience
5+ years of industry experience in backend engineering or distributed systems.
Education
Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field.

About the job

Leads development and technical direction of backend systems and AIGC-powered solutions for TikTok growth, search, discovery, and content optimization.

What you'll do

  • Design and develop backend systems for user growth and content optimization; drive initiatives across search, discovery, and emerging traffic channels.
  • Own architecture and lead complex projects from technical design through production rollout, with responsibility for quality and business impact.
  • Coordinate with product, data, algorithm, and design teams; mentor engineers and raise engineering standards.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Strong experience building large-scale backend services or consumer-facing platforms, and experience with content, growth, recommendation, experimentation, or search systems.
  • Proficiency in one or more of Go, Python, Java, or C++; strong system design, architecture, and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience leading complex cross-functional technical projects from design to production; strong communication and alignment skills.

Nice to have

  • Experience setting technical direction or mentoring engineers and improving engineering standards.
  • Experience with AIGC, LLM applications, agent frameworks, AI coding tools, workflow automation, or data-driven optimization and experimentation platforms.

Tools

Go, Python, Java, C++, AIGC, LLM

AI focus

Develops AIGC-powered content optimization solutions and scalable systems for experimentation and automated workflows; related experience may include LLM applications, agent frameworks, AI coding tools, and workflow automation.

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)