Software Engineer, Frontend Infrastructure

Responsibilities TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, 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. About the team The goal of the TikTok Web Architecture team is to build sustainable, and reusable infrastructure, so that each product team can develop, test, and deploy their features more efficiently and effectively. We support web developers and designers from multiple teams by standardizing the development environment, monorepo and workflow, determining tech stack and best practices, as well as building commonly shared libraries. We also keep raising the bar of our code base, exploring the newest web technologies, and figuring out how different coding patterns can be utilized in our own context. We are looking for motivated engineers to join us and help accomplish this mission. You will work with our experienced engineers to find out the best way to bring our current technologies to the next level. Given the speed in which our team is growing, your work will be highly challenging, and will have an essential impact on the productivity of anyone who works on web related projects within TikTok. In this role, you will: - Prototype new ideas and iterate towards the best developer experience; - Build, optimize, and scale the next generation of our automated build/test/deploy system; - Write high-quality, reusable code, and iterate towards the best developer experience; - Define and prioritize requirements from other engineering teams; - Serve as a technical resource and engineering mentor for other frontend developers. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related major; 2+ years of industry experience working on frontend development; Familiarity with web development cycles (e.g. package management, module bundling, unit, and integration testing, browser capabilities, etc.); Preferred Qualifications: Knowledge of modern front-end tech stack (we use TypeScript, Rush, Node.js, Pnpm, React, Webpack); Interest in infrastructural and foundation technologies in frontend/web related domains; Experience with cross-team, cross-functional collaboration; 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

Created: 2024-11-04