TikTok
Software Engineer- Live Streaming Backend (Distributed Systems)
To inspire creativity and bring joy. We inform, entertain and inspire people across borders, cultures, and languages.
Media and communications
Full-time
Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia
Visa sponsorship · No
Senior · A role for someone with advanced knowledge and skills. May involve mentoring, leading others or specialisation. Typically at least 5 years of experience.
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Why TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. TikTok has become a marketplace for ideas around the globe, transcending boundaries to create a diverse hub of content.
About the role
Responsibilities
About the Department Video & Edge is one of the world's leading video platforms that provides media storage, delivery, transcoding, and streaming services. We are building the next generation video processing platform and the largest live streaming network, which provides excellent experiences for billions of users around the world. Popular video products of TikTok and its affiliates are all empowered by our cutting-edge cloud technologies. Working in this team, you will have the opportunity to tackle challenges of large-scale networks all over the world, while leveraging your expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design.
Responsibilities • Design, build and maintain a global scale, multi-regional live streaming platform. • Design, implement and operate our critical and scalable services - ranging from video delivery services, live scheduling services, and core persistence layer. • Build live streaming platforms, systems, and infrastructure with knowledge in network and distributed systems. • Ensure service & system quality by building testing frameworks and creating automation tests. • Participate in design reviews and code reviews for the live streaming infrastructure team. Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience • Proficiency in at least one of the following languages: C, C++, Java, Python, or Go • Experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems • Familiarity with Unix/Linux operating systems
Preferred Qualifications • Master's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related technical field • Experience in designing, building, and maintaining a global-scale, multi-regional live streaming platform • Expertise in implementing and operating critical and scalable services related to video delivery, live scheduling, and core persistence layers • Knowledge of network and distributed systems in the context of building live streaming platforms • Experience with SQL, NoSQL databases, caching systems, video processing, and delivery technologies
What you'll be responsible for
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Post-Production Work
Enhance media by editing, mixing, and adding effects to create a polished final product for distribution
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Management of Production
Manage and oversee the entire production process
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Scripting Content
Plan and organise content, structure, and actions to ensure a cohesive product
Skills you'll need
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Collaboration
Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals
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Creativity
Generates multiple innovative/new/novel ideas to solve a problem
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Attention to detail
Accurately identifies and rectifies discrepancies or errors that exists in information and deliverables
Meet the team
