Backend Engineer - TikTok Account
Core
Design, test, deploy, and maintain high-performance backend services and core components of distributed systems serving billions of users with extreme scale and security requirements.
Role type
Senior IC backend engineer (distributed systems)
Builds
Core account, device, session, and user data systems for TikTok
Domain
Social media / Distributed systems / High-scale backend
Required skills
Go, Java, C++, Python, distributed systems architecture, storage engines, traffic routing, security by design, fraud prevention, risk control, distributed consistency
Preferred skills
System reliability optimization, performance tuning, elegant problem-solving, analytical thinking
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