Senior Backend Software Engineer, Real Time Communication (Seattle, WA)

Responsibilities

Do not pass up this chance, apply quickly if your experience and skills match what is in the following description.

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.

Team Introduction

TikTok RTC is a world-leading Real-Time Communication service that provides instant and quality multimedia interaction among our customers across the globe.

We are building the next generation audio / video processing and compression platform, along with the fastest delivery networks and the richest cloud services.

As a Senior Software Engineer in the RTC team, you will :

• Design, build and maintain a global scale, multi-regional Real Time Communication system.
• Research and development of distributed traffic scheduling platform, stability assurance platform, unified configuration center, real-time message middleware and other core systems.
• Uphold excellent engineering practices in the codebase and system designs.
• Design and implement the RTC system to work effectively among data centers.
• Optimize the network transmission of streaming media.
• Collaborate with internal product and engineering teams.

Qualifications

Required :

• Working experience in software engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical background involving software / system engineering, or equivalent working experience.
• Good programming experience with at least one of the following languages : C, C++, Java, Python, or Go.
• Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with networking, e.g. TCP / IP, DNS, CDN, NAT, Load Balancer, Proxy, etc.
• Familiar with Unix / Linux operating systems.
• Familiar with commonly used database systems, such as MySQL, Redis, etc.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Familiar with Zipkin and other link tracking tools, familiar with commonly used RPC frameworks such as grpc, thrift, spring cloud, Dubbo, Motan, etc.
• Experience with message queue middleware such as Kafka, NSQ, RabbitMQ is preferred.
• Experience with WebRTC, CDN, Live Streaming and Multimedia is a bonus.

Job Information :

For Pay Transparency Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $177688 - $266000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location.

Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses / incentives, and restricted stock units.

Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life.

We offer the following benefits to eligible employees :

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match.

As well as Dental, Vision, Short / Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are : 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements.

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

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