Backend Software Engineer, TikTok Live Revenue - Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Until 8/21/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted March 29, 2026 Last posted March 29, 2026
Job description

Description

About TikTok Live Revenue Engineering Team:
TikTok Live revenue engineering team is responsible for building the cutting-edge revenue ecosystem which includes gifting and other revenue features that are innovative, secure and intuitive for our users. As an important member of the engineering team, you will build solutions that affect millions of users and live streamers.

We are looking for passionate and talented engineers to join us to build up and optimize a real-time, high-performance, large-scale distributed infrastructure for live streaming at TikTok. We will be deeply involved in the developmental lifecycle of critical product features, and collaborate closely with product managers to deliver the best live streaming experience for live streamers and viewers.

Responsibilities
You will:
- Plan and lead large-scale technical projects to lay the foundation for the iterative development and scale of early products
- Develop robust, efficient technology products that serve 1 billion users
- Contribute to engineering strategy, tooling, processes, and culture
- Research and apply cutting-edge domain and technical knowledge into products

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:
- As a world-class engineer, you have rich working experience in scalable, highly available, distributed and mission-critical systems.
- Proficient in at least one of the following languages: Go, Python, Java, C++.
- Deep understanding of computer architecture, data structures and algorithms In depth knowledge of common databases and messaging frameworks like MySQL/Redis/Kafka
- Able to work closely with diverse stakeholders and have good communication skills

Preferred Qualification:
- Self-driven, positive, cooperative and willing to keep learning enthusiasm at all times

About this role

Summary

Build scalable, high-performance systems for TikTok live streaming affecting millions of users

Job title

Backend Software Engineer, TikTok Live Revenue - Australia

Experience level

null

Industry

software

Location requirements

Sydney, Australia; remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

GoPythonJavaC++computer architecturedata structuresalgorithmsMySQLRedisKafka

Preferred skills

self-drivenpositivecooperativelearning

Specializations

distributed systemsreal-time streaminghigh-performance infrastructuredatabasesmessaging frameworks
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Sydney NSW, Australia

Work arrangement unknown City