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Software Engineer, TikTok LIVE

San Jose, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-28

Core

Building backend systems for human and machine-based content moderation, penalty centers, and permission governance tools to ensure high-quality live streaming content.

Role type

Senior IC backend software engineer (content governance)

Builds

Backend systems for content moderation, penalty centers, and permission governance tools

Domain

Social media / Content safety

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Go, Java, Python, C++, data structures and algorithms, system design, scalability, concurrency, database management, message queues

Preferred skills

content moderation system experience, understanding of TikTok product architecture

Responsibilities

Collaborate with data scientists and product managers to iterate on data-driven product ideas; Improve system design and architecture for reliability, performance, and extensibility; Build end-to-end solutions for content governance; Mentor team members and share expertise

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