TikTok is hiring: Software Engineer Graduate (Video-on-Demand Algorithm) - 2026

Software Engineer Graduate (Video-on-Demand Algorithm) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

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Base pay range: $118,657.00/yr - $187,200.00/yr

Responsibilities

• Design and implement media streaming-related algorithms to improve TikTok user experience. Examples include video preloading, adaptive bitrate streaming (ABR), network bandwidth estimation, CDN traffic allocation, and transport-layer algorithms, to name a few.
• Contribute to end-to-end media ecosystem design to improve the algorithmization of the multimedia system.
• Run controlled experiments on millions of streaming sessions to validate improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor\'s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computing Engineering, or related fields.
• Industry or academic experience in the multimedia or network domain.
• Proven ability to develop new algorithms and identify problems in existing solutions.
• Fluent in statistics and data analysis.

• Experience with shipping software on behalf of a major brand at scale is a big plus.
• Experience with learning-based model development is a big plus.

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Job Information

For Pay Transparency Compensation Description (Annually): The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $118657 - $187200 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:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• Apropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
• 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.

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 https://tinyurl.com/RA-request

Seniority level

• Internship

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries
• Entertainment Providers