Job Description
About TikTok
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, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.
With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Douyin, Toutiao, Helo and Resso, ByteDance now has a portfolio of applications available in over 150 markets and 75 languages.
We’re looking for senior software engineers to join the TikTok Augmented Reality (AR) Effect team! You will focus on building a unified algorithm system that delivers numerous cutting-edge AR algorithms to various Tiktok products. Our AR Effect Platform enables the breakthrough AR interactive experience, consumed by hundreds of millions of Tiktok users around the world.
About this Opportunity:
Creative Effects are a big part of the TikTok experience. From Versailles Run to Dancing Dino, effects make content creation easy, fun, and dynamic. Each effect has the potential to reach TikTok’s global community of a billion+ users and inspire new trends, lots of joy, and endless creativity.
Hi there ?, we are the Effect Creation Tools team! Our mission is to inspire user creativity with powerful creation tools. We are building Effect House, the official Augmented Reality creation tool for TikTok. If you are passionate about AR technologies and 3D content creation, you came to the right place.
You will be responsible for crafting the technology that enables intuitive effect development and design. From advanced interactions to visual scripting, you’ll build the tools our creators need to experiment and make engaging, immersive, and innovative effects, bringing creativity to (augmented) reality!
Responsibilities
• Design and implement new features for Effect House, TikTok's special effects editor.
• Define the future direction of our editing tools core technology, creation workflows and pipeline.
• Support our fast growing effect creator community and internal effect production team to achieve their creative vision.
Qualifications
• B.S. or M.S. Computer Science or related field with 3+ years in software development experience
• Past experience working on 3D games and/or film production (Knowledge of game engines, real time rendering, animation, VFX pipelines, visual programming, etc.).
• Solid data structure and algorithm foundations.
• Proficient with native programming concepts (C++, multi-threading, memory management, etc.)
• Excellent system design skills, and UI/UX product design sense.
Preferred Skills:
The following technical skills are a plus:
• Experience working on AR/VR projects.
• Experience with Web Technologies (React, JavaScript/TypeScript, nodeJS).
• Experience with Cross-Platform PC and Mobile development (macOS, Windows, iOS, Android).
• Familiar with graphics APIs (OpenGL, WebGL, DirectX, Metal, or Vulkan) and GPU architectures.
• Experience creating developer-facing APIs or libraries.
• Experience navigating in a cross-functional environment.
• Have good product sense, passionate about great user experiences.
• Passionate about TikTok, augmented reality, as well as creating the most fun, original and creative ideas and experiences.
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 believe individuals shouldn't be disadvantaged because of their background or identity, but instead should be considered based on their strengths and experience. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please reach out to us at USRC@tiktok.com