Senior Mobile Software Engineer, Android Performance

Senior Mobile Software Engineer, Android Performance at TikTok in San Jose, CA.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with product and business teams to build new and innovative camera features for video posting on TikTok using the latest Android programming techniques
• Profile and optimize android application UI and infrastructure code for efficiency and performance. Strive to refine user experience in each and every possible creation workflow for TikTok family of video products.
• Stay on top of the latest technologies and work with our industry partners to turn the latest mobile audio/video production capabilities into the best UGC creator experience on TikTok.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related majors with 5 years software development experience.
• Solid coding skills with Java/Kotlin/C++ or demonstrated strong capabilities of learning new programming languages.
• Experience with Android software development and demonstrated knowledge and experience in Android mobile app performance profiling and optimization.
• Open minded, great communication, eager to learn, and always passionate about turning cutting-edge technologies into real use cases.

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid experience with Android architecture, Activity lifecycle, RecyclerView, ViewModel. Experience with Jetpack Compose, RxJava is a big plus.
• Project experience with Android performance optimization including crash, ANR, memory leaks, CPU usage, and network latency. Experience with profiling tools (e.g., Android Studio Profiler, Systrace) is a big plus.
• Experience with Android camera, audio/video media frameworks and knowledge of video/photo capture, processing, encoding and playback pipeline is a big plus.
• Experience with OpenGL graphics rendering pipelines and knowledge of rendering pipeline, shader, frame buffer objects is a big plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience working with international teams across different time zones and cultures.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (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.

About the Company

TikTok's Creation Experience team delivers the core video production technologies across mobile platforms, enabling hundreds of millions of TikTok creators to tell their stories, express their emotions, and convey their knowledge in the format of short-form videos.

We are looking for enthusiastic mobile developers at various levels of experience to work on TikTok's core technologies of video filming and editing. The technical stack covers various camera features, nonlinear editing on mobile devices, UGC creation workflow, and a lot more. In this role, you will optimize the performance of TikTok's next-generation camera technologies, collaborate with external mobile SoC/device/service partners, and deliver the best user experience on a huge variety of mobile platforms for TikTok creators around the world.

Additional Information

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.