Backend Software Engineer, Asset Services

The Creation team is an international R&D group tasked with building creative capabilities for TikTok. We're dedicated to productizing AI and multimedia technologies to create world‑class creation experiences for TikTok users. Our tech stack includes front‑end, back‑end, mobile, and desktop development, as well as multimedia technologies like audio/video processing and AR effects, in addition to visual and graphic algorithms. Our team spans major cities in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou), Singapore, as well as the United States (San Jose, Seattle, and Los Angeles). Join us to craft the best creative tools with the most cutting‑edge AI and multimedia technologies!

The Asset Service has managed almost 100 million assets for multiple scenarios (such as TikTok effect and template). We manage the whole lifecycle of multiple assets, including creation, operations to consumption. Our distribution service QPS has reached 1 million, and we have provided the service for multiple regions in the global world, and distribute the material to the UGC creator. We will keep more efficient, stable and compliant to provide rich materials for the UGC creator to help them create more interesting content. We're also working on AIGC features in order to improve user experience and creator efficiency. Our mission is to develop Loki into an efficient and reliable asset platform that, like the Norse god Loki, transforms assets into dynamic formats, to ensure magically easy asset creation, management, and consumption across multiple products.

As a Backend Engineer in our team, you'll play a key role in shaping this dynamic and ever‑evolving platform, significantly contributing to TikTok's continued global impact.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with cross functional teams like product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to deliver state of the art user experience in the above products mentioned
• Build world‑class products end‑to‑end, which combine usability, accessibility, elegance, performance, and maintainability
• Adopt automated and manual test strategies to ensure product quality
• Learn and grow from working with great colleagues and taking on challenges
• Help our team grow from your expertise, experience, and perspectives