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TikTok

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test - Infrastructure

TikTok, San Jose, CA


Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imagination thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.

The e-commerce industry has seen tremendous growth in recent years and has become a hotly contested space amongst leading internet companies. With millions of loyal users globally, we believe TikTok is an ideal platform to deliver a brand new and better e-commerce experience to our users. Our quality assurance engineering team is responsible for keeping an e-commerce ecosystem stable, secure, and intuitive for our users. We are looking for passionate and talented people to join us as we drive the future of e-commerce here at TikTok.

What You'll Do:
- Collaborate closely with developers and business stakeholders to research and implement solutions (tools, platforms, frameworks, etc.) to improve test efficiency, such as automation solutions for functional, regression, and performance testing.
- Research and implement solutions to improve system stability, including online system capacity testing, monitoring system setup, CI/CD pipeline, Chaos engineering, Capital loss prevention and control, etc.
- Establish a systematic measurement system to identify risks, set goals, and monitor progress.
- Lead the design, implementation, and delivery of test solutions using new or existing technologies. Test major portions of software (e.g., significant component, set of features, applications or services) for large-scale, critical, and/or highly complex software.
- Influence the design and write a significant portion of the code.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related fields from accredited and reputable institutions.
- 5 years of SDET experience in developing automation solutions.
- Strong coding and system architecture design ability.
- A deep understanding of QA methodologies, processes and techniques, including component testing, regression testing, functional testing, stress testing, performance testing, etc.
- Excellent understanding of business architecture, system architecture, and quality infrastructure.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong knowledge of testing strategy, planning, process, test data management and defect management.
- Self-driven and can quickly adapt to a fast-paced and evolving environment.
- Mentor junior software engineers.
- Work through ambiguity; ability to think abstractly
- Excellent problem-solving skills, able to actively explore pain points and find solutions. Great teamwork and communication skills.

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 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 reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2