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TikTok · 3 hours ago

Software Engineer Graduate (Data Arch - E-commerce) - 2026 Start (PhD)

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$119K/yr - $259K/yr

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Software Engineer Graduate to join their E-commerce Recommendation Infra team. The role involves building and optimizing a large-scale recommendation system and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance recommendation performance.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Build industry-leading globalized large-scale recommendation system

Design and build high performance online systems and reliable data pipelines

Optimize and evolve the system continuously so as to support the skyrocket increase in both user traffic as well as the data amount

Work with cross functional teams to deliver end-to-end infrastructure solutions to address critical product challenges and improve recommendation performance

Qualification

C++JavaMachine LearningBig Data FrameworksDistributed Storage SystemsTeamworkCommunication SkillsOwnership

Required

Masters or above, majoring in Computer Science, or related fields, expected to graduate in 2026

Strong software development experience with C++, Java or other programming language

Good teamwork and communication skills, positive and optimistic, and strong sense of ownership

Preferred

Experienced in at least one of the following areas: personalized recommendations, search engine, advertising, machine learning infrastructure, distributed storage system, big data frameworks

Benefits

Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan with company match

Paid parental leave

Short-term and long-term disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)

Company

TikTok

Glassdoor3.4

TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.

Founded in 2003

Los Angeles, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.tiktok.com

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