Software Engineer, Recommendations - USDS

Location: San Jose, United States; fully in-person up to 5 days a week

Salary: $136,800–$359,720 annually, with potential additional bonuses, incentives, and restricted stock units.

Company

hirify.global operates TikTok applications with a focus on protecting U.S. user data, national security, cybersecurity, and trust and safety.

What you will do

• Build and maintain high-performance online services for the TikTok recommendation system.
• Develop reliable data pipelines for candidate generation, profile generation, training example generation, and real-time online training.
• Build large-scale, globalized recommendation systems.
• Design and develop high-performance computing frameworks and storage systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience building scalable systems.
• Programming experience in one or more of C, C++, Java, or Golang.
• Ability to work fully in person in San Jose up to 5 days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience with personalized recommendations, search engines, machine learning, distributed storage systems, or big data frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one.
• 401(k) savings plan with company match.
• Paid parental leave, disability coverage, life insurance, and wellbeing benefits.
• 10 paid holidays, 10 paid sick days, and 17 days of paid personal time.
• Inclusive workplace with reasonable accommodations available during recruitment.