Front End Software Engineer, Trust and Safety - TikTok

$106,590 - $160,960/Yr

Tiktok - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Seattle, WA

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About the position

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, with a mission to inspire creativity and bring joy. The Trust and Safety (TnS) platform team plays a crucial role in protecting users from harmful content and abusive behaviors. This team is dedicated to enhancing user experience by building moderation desktop applications, a low-code engine and platform, and various supportive platforms across the TnS organization. As a Front End Software Engineer, you will be responsible for implementing cross-platform web-based features and user interfaces, as well as Node.js based services for content safety platforms. Your work will focus on optimizing the scalability, reliability, and responsiveness of web applications to deliver a compelling end-user experience. In this role, you will architect efficient and reusable front-end systems that drive complex web applications. Staying at the forefront of emerging web technologies is essential, as you will be expected to research and evaluate the latest web development frameworks and apply new technologies to drive iterative product improvements. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in frontend web application development, with a focus on deep optimization of user experience, stability, scalability, code modularity, and rendering latency. You will collaborate with a diverse team to tackle challenges and innovate solutions that align with TikTok's mission of creativity and joy.

Responsibilities

• Implement cross platform web-based features, user interfaces and Node.js based services for content safety platforms.
• Optimize scalability, reliability and responsiveness of web-based application pages to deliver compelling end user experience.
• Architect efficient and reusable front-end systems that drive complex web applications.
• Research and evaluate latest web development frameworks to apply new technologies for iterative product improvements.

Requirements

• B. Sc or higher degree in Computer Science or related fields from accredited and reputable institutions.
• 3+ years experience in developing frontend web applications, with demonstrable expertise in deep optimisation of end user experience, stability & scalability, code modularity and rendering latency.
• Strong JavaScript/HTML/CSS frontend engineering experience and strong familiarity with key concepts including asynchronous programming, closures and types, layouts, specificity, animation, cross browser compatibility and accessibility.
• Deep understanding of the underlying design philosophy and implementation of common web frameworks, including React/Vue/Angular.
• Deep familiarity and experience with common web compilation and bundling frameworks, including Webpack/Rollup/BaBel/AST/Gulp.
• Good understanding of frontend - backend multi-tier application architecture and protocols, familiarity with product and software development lifecycle process.
• Experience in development of no-code/low-code platforms is highly advantageous.

Nice-to-haves

• Agile, quick self learner, highly self-motivated with strong sense of product ownership and creative problem solver.
• Deeply passionate about software coding/development and building great mobile/web applications.
• Ability to perform independent research to solve complex technical problems.
• Good collaborator and team player, comfortable working in a fast moving, culturally diverse and globally distributed team environment.

Benefits

• 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company match.
• Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.
• 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) and 10 paid sick days per year.
• 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.
• Mental and emotional health benefits through EAP and Lyra.
• 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements.