TikTok Social team drives significant user engagement and retention wins through fun, innovative, and technically sophisticated products and features. We move fast, with precision, and consistently execute with privacy at the forefront. Social Interaction team is mainly focusing on building a reliable and adaptive platform that enables users to meet and interact with their real-life friends seamlessly on TikTok, and encourage them to share their life moments with each other and stay connected regardless of where they are. Some core features and components we build and maintain include Story, Video Like, Comment, Friends Tab, Inbox Tab, Repost, TikTok Now feature and standalone app, etc. We seek talented individuals who enjoy the intersection of product, data, design, and engineering. As a Social team member, you'll help us improve the TikTok social experience and bring joy to hundreds of millions of users, every day. As an Android Engineer on the Social Interaction team, you will: - Create and refine high performance mobile apps that push the limits of mobile technology - Work closely with our product team to conceptualize, develop, and launch new and innovative features - Design, architect and implement well-tested Android software which powers social experiences in TikTok - Promote robust and maintainable code, clear documentation, and deliver high quality work on a tight schedule
Minimum Qualifications - Strong understanding of software development principles, capabilities and limitations of mobile platforms - Proficiency in at least one of these programming languages: Java, Kotlin - Ability to understand and debug large and complex code bases - Good team communication and collaboration skills Preferred Qualifications - Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent majors - Passion and experience building consumer-facing products is a huge plus; We would love to hear about apps you've developed!
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