TikTok
Posted 146 days agoVerified live 6h ago
Software Engineer - Recommendation Infrastructure, TikTok Video Social
Brief overview
San JoseIn-person
UndergradOr in progress
$156k–$317k/yrStated range
2+ yrsMinimum
1,996 H-1B approvalsDept. of Labor
230 green cardsCertified filings
Building scalable systemsPersonalized recommendationsSearch engineMachine learningDistributed storage systemBig data frameworksEffective communicationOwnership and drive
About the company
TikToktiktok.com
TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.
Visa sponsorship history
4 years sponsoring, last filed FY2026H-1B dependent
Data powered by U.S. Department of Labor. This does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.1,996H-1B approved
98%approval rate
810new H-1B hires
230PERM certified
$200,900median wage / yr
H-1B Petition ApprovalsVisas USCIS actually granted: the strongest sign the company sponsors.
2023488
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2026129
LCA Certified ApplicationsAn early filing step, not a visa approval: it signals intent, not confirmed sponsorship.
2023109
2024148
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2026129
Green Card (PERM) FilingsCertified green card filings: a long-term commitment to international hires.
202329
202495
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202646
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Job description
Summary
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Software Engineer for their Recommendation Infrastructure team. The role involves building and maintaining high-performance online services and data pipelines for TikTok's recommendation system to enhance user experience.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain high performance online services for TikTok recommendation system；
- Build extremely efficient and reliable data pipelines for candidates generation, profile generation, training examples generation, realtime online training, etc
- Build globalized large-scale recommendation system
- Design and develop high performance computing frameworks and storage systems
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in Computer Science, or related fields
- At least 2 years of experience building scalable system
- Experience in programming, included but not limited to, the following programming languages: C, C++, Java or Golang
- Effective communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive
- Experienced in at least one area of the following areas: personalized recommendations, search engine, machine learning, distributed storage system, big data frameworks is a plus
Qualifications
Must Haves
- Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in Computer Science, or related fields
- At least 2 years of experience building scalable system
- Experience in programming, included but not limited to, the following programming languages: C, C++, Java or Golang
- Effective communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive
- Experienced in at least one area of the following areas: personalized recommendations, search engine, machine learning, distributed storage system, big data frameworks is a plus
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- A 401(k) savings plan with company match
- Paid parental leave
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Life insurance
- Wellbeing benefits
- 10 paid holidays per year
- 10 paid sick days per year
- 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)
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