Frontend Software Engineer, TikTok User Growth - Traffic Matrix

San Jose, CA, United States

Responsibilities

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.

Why Join Us

Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.

Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.

To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.

At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.

Join us.

TikTok's User Growth is a cross-functional department (engineering, data science, recommendation/algorithm, product, marketing, operations) that applies a data-driven approach to growth. We work closely to improve the whole TikTok user growth funnel: branding, acquisition, onboarding, engagement, and retention, across a variety of products.

We own multiple product surfaces to serve the diverse content of TikTok to different users and usage scenarios, including TikTok Webapp (www.tiktok.com - one of the most visited website in the world), TikTok TV (Samsung, LG, Vizio, Amazon FireTV, etc), Vehicle Infotainment Systems (Tesla), and TikTok Tablet apps. We are continually expanding to new surfaces. Together they form an important traffic matrix for TikTok to keep growing its user base and user consumption.

As a Frontend Software Engineer in the TikTok User Growth - Traffic Matrix org, you will:

• Work with product managers and data scientists to analyze product and user data, and together propose product iteration ideas based on data insights

• Based on product roadmap and priorities, design highly performant and scalable technical architecture and implement them as frameworks, libraries, or automated processes/guarding mechanisms on ci, etc. Lead other engineers to implement them, and drive adoptions in-team and cross-team, to improve engineering efficiency, reliability, and consistency

• Implement and troubleshoot video playback features and optimize performances - crucial for short video viewing and skipping experiences

• Optimize web performance to ensure a fast and seamless user experience in browsers running on potentially low-end devices such as cheap TVs

• Stay up-to-date with the latest web technologies and trends, and educate engineers and PMs about new product possibilities enabled by these new technologies

• Use full-stack web technology (Node.js, React, TypeScript, HTML, CSS) to develop MVPs and run experiments to validate ideas and iterate quickly, leveraging new technologies, and tools when appropriate

• Lead the conception, estimation, and prioritization of product requirements in the engineering team

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field with at least 3 years of working experience

• Expert in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

• Expert in video playback technologies such as HTML5 Video and Media Source Extensions and optimization - especially in reducing time to next video play

• Expert in web performance optimization, especially in reducing input latency and LCP

• Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React, Vue, or Angular - we use React

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• UI/UX instincts and knowledge

Nice-to-have Experiences and Skills

• Experience with developing web-based smart/connected TV/Vehicle/Appliances apps, using DOM-based or Canvas-based solutions

• Experience with cross-platform solutions such as React Native, Flutter

• Experience with WASM for performance and cross-platform related usages

• Experience with WebRTC or other real-time video technologies

• Experience with server-side rendering

• Experience with Webpack, Babel, or other build tools

• Experience with unit testing frameworks

• Experience with cloud-based infrastructure and services

• Experience in Growth Engineering or Growth Hacking; have a successful user growth track record

• Data analytics mindset and skills: EDA using Python (pandas, Jupyter Notebook), BI tools, SQL, Hive, building data pipelines

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected].

Job Information:

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $145000 - $250000 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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