Responsibilities
About the Team The Global Engineering CDN team builds and operates a highly available, cost-efficient, and high-performance global multi-cloud CDN platform that powers large-scale products such as TikTok. Our platform integrates both self-built CDN infrastructure and commercial CDN vendors across multiple regions worldwide, delivering reliable and optimized content delivery for diverse global markets. The team develops and operates core platform capabilities including domain onboarding and configuration management, content management, data analytics, and global traffic optimization. Working in a highly distributed and complex environment, we continuously evolve the platform to support both static content delivery and dynamic acceleration, while optimizing for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency. Engineers in this team work across both software development and production operations, gaining hands-on experience with large-scale distributed systems, global traffic management, and multi-cloud infrastructure Responsibilities - Participate in the development and evolution of the Multi-Cloud CDN access platform, supporting global-scale content delivery across both self-built and commercial CDN infrastructures. - Build and improve core platform capabilities including domain onboarding, configuration management, content management, certificate management, and operational tooling. - Work closely with internal product teams to understand business requirements and support service onboarding onto the CDN platform, including configuration, troubleshooting, and optimization. - Participate in the operation and optimization of the self-built CDN infrastructure, helping improve network performance, service reliability, and cost efficiency. - Develop automation tools and operational workflows to improve platform reliability, operational efficiency, and observability. - Work across both software development and platform operations, participating in troubleshooting, performance optimization, and continuous platform evolution.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualification(s) - Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related fields. - Familiar with at least one programming language such as Go, Python, Java, or C/C++. - Solid foundation in data structures, operating systems, computer networks, and databases. - Basic understanding of Internet technologies such as HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, TLS/certificates, caching, or Linux. - Strong learning ability, problem-solving skills, and interest in infrastructure platforms. Preferred Qualification(s) - Experience with backend development, cloud infrastructure, networking, CDN, or distributed systems is a plus. - Experience with technical documentation, developer tools, operational tooling, or knowledge base construction is a plus. - Relevant internship experience, course projects, research projects, or open-source contributions are a plus. - Structured thinking, good communication skills, and collaborative mindset.
Job Information
[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $218400 - $480000 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.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
About TikTok
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 we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect - and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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 Accommodation
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
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- Dice Id: 91119969
- Position Id: 8bf59cfe9b7ef8a577ef44db522a0977
- Posted 30+ days ago
