Tencent
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Corporate investorInvestments
8
3 of them startups
Hiring now
5
192 open roles
Deals in 12 months
2
Rounds in 12 months
5
$920M raised
Exits
2
Focusshare of its companies
Digital Banks & Neobanks 38%Payment Processing & Gateways 25%Military Logistics 13%Supply Chain 13%E-commerce Platforms 13%Marketplaces 13%Buy Now, Pay Later 13%
Where its companies are
France 13%South Africa 13%Argentina 13%Germany 13%Uzbekistan 13%China 13%
Stage of its companies
Venture, series not stated 88%Series B 13%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 8 investments
StairmedVenture round $500M · 6 mo ago
UzumVenture round $130M · 7 mo ago · led a round · 109 roles
UaláVenture round $195M · 7 mo ago · led a round · 12 roles
QontoVenture round $552M · 4 yr ago · led a round · 48 roles
OzowSeries B $48M · 4 yr ago · led a round · 9 roles
LiliumVenture round $240M · 6 yr ago · led a round
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Endeavor Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Valar Ventures
Helios Investment Partners
Quona Capital
Arbor Ventures
GMO VenturePartners
SM Culture Partners
4DX VenturesSources: 11 rounds in the press that name it
How Tencent hires
Truth index
B 76/100
Median time to fill
54 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
94%
Reposted roles
0%
Tencent scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 54 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 94% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 54 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Visa sponsorship
- United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 58 · green card filings: 26
Overview
Tencent is a Chinese technology conglomerate founded in Shenzhen in 1998 and one of the largest internet companies in the world by revenue. Its WeChat super-app combines messaging, social feeds, payments, mini-programs and official accounts into the default digital layer of Chinese daily life, with well over a billion monthly users. The group is also the biggest video game company on the planet through domestic publishing and stakes in Riot, Supercell and Epic Games, and runs Tencent Cloud, Tencent Music, a large fintech business and the Hunyuan family of foundation models.
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Tencent Esports Competition Solution to Power Esports Competition at the 20th Asian Games
Esports will return as an official medal event for the second time at the 20th Asian Games, with its largest programme in Asian Games history set to take place from September 22 to October 2 at Hall D of the Aichi Sky Expo in Japan. Featuring 11 events ac
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Tencent backs Naive AI, valuing the Chinese startup at $1.42 billion after just seven months
Tencent-backed Naive AI has raised $400 million in seven months at a $1.42 billion valuation, betting on optimizing existing open-weight AI
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Tencent Cloud Named a Leader in the 2026 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Managed Edge Services
/PRNewswire/ -- Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape:...
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Tencent Music's 2026 Outlook: $400 Million Share Repurchase Program Reflects Financial Discipline
This under-the-radar digital media stock boasts a Superscore of 71 from our Hidden Gems Primary database, part of The Motley Fool's Moneyball Database system. Here's why.
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tencent/Hy4-preview Hugging Face
We're on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
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Hy4 preview - API Pricing & Providers
Tencent: Hy4 preview is a mixture-of-experts model from Tencent, with 49B active parameters out of 770B total. $0.834 per million input tokens, $2.501 per million output tokens. 1,048,576 token context window, maximum output of 64,000 tokens.
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ByteDance Folds AI Tools Into Doubao Super-App to Fight Tencent
ByteDance Ltd. is consolidating the resources behind two of its artificial intelligence developer products to bolster China's most popular chatbot and fight off challengers including Tencent Holdings Ltd.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Tencent over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
242
Postings analysed
516
Stack modernity
77/100AI adopter
Languages
Python24%
C++11%
SQL9%
Java7%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch8%
Flink6%
Unreal Engine4%
Hadoop3%
Databases
MySQL3%
Redis2%
ClickHouse1%
Snowflake1%
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes7%
Linux7%
AWS5%
Spark4%
AI & ML
LLM19%
VLM3%
ChatGPT1%
Midjourney1%
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Full Tencent tech stack
242 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$170k
Typical range
$76k – $304k
Open positions
35
31
Jobs
Intern
51.6%
Middle
6.5%
Senior
29%
Staff
6.5%
Principal
3.2%
Architect
3.2%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 16 | $111k | $76k – $125k |
| Middle | 2 | $208k | $184k – $233k |
| Senior | 9 | $223k | $170k – $284k |
| Staff | 2 | $228k | $223k – $234k |
| Principal | 1 | $112k | $112k |
| Architect | 1 | $304k | $304k |
Highest paying role
Director of Strategic Partnerships - North America
$304k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Tencent
By role, level and city, against the market · 35 jobs with pay
Products
Hunyuan
Hunyuan is Tencent's family of large language and multimodal models, including open-weight releases. It powers assistant features across WeChat, advertising tools and cloud offerings.
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WeChat Pay
WeChat Pay is one of the two dominant mobile payment systems in China, embedded directly into the messaging app. It processes payments both online and at physical merchants through QR codes.
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Cloud
Tencent Cloud provides compute, storage, media and AI services to enterprises inside and outside China. It leans on the group's experience running consumer platforms at extreme scale.
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Games
Tencent Games is the world's largest game publisher by revenue, spanning domestic titles, Honor of Kings and stakes in Riot Games, Supercell and Epic Games. Mobile titles account for most of its earnings.
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WeChat
WeChat, known as Weixin in China, combines messaging, social feed, payments and mini-programs in a single application. It functions as the default digital identity and transaction layer for over a billion users.
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People
Pony Ma
Co-Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Pony Ma co-founded Tencent in 1998 and has led it ever since, building QQ and then WeChat into national infrastructure. He is one of China's most influential technology executives.
Zhang Zhidong
Co-Founder & former Chief Technology Officer
Zhang Zhidong co-founded Tencent and served as its chief technology officer, architecting the QQ platform. He stepped back from executive duties in 2014.
Martin Lau
President
Martin Lau is Tencent's president and drives its investment strategy, including the stakes in Riot, Supercell and Epic Games. He joined in 2005 from Goldman Sachs.
Allen Zhang
President, WeChat Group
Allen Zhang created WeChat and runs the product with unusual autonomy inside Tencent. He joined through the acquisition of his email client Foxmail.
John Lo
Chief Financial Officer
John Lo leads Tencent's finance organisation and investor communication. He has held senior finance roles at the company since 2004.
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
75/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
1214
264 opened / 291 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
51 days
faster than 27% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
AI/ML
24% ▲
Product
13% ▲
Games
10% ▲
Sales
9% ▼
Backend
7%
Management
6% ▼
Actively hiring for AI/ML (+179 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Poland
Oct 2026
Added OSPF to stack
Oct 2026
Added Configuration Management to stack
Oct 2026
Added Apache Pulsar to stack
Oct 2026
Added InfiniBand to stack
Oct 2026
Added Multi-Agent Systems to stack
Sep 2026
Added CRI ADX2 to stack
Sep 2026
Added Audiokinetic Wwise to stack
Sep 2026
Added Steamworks SDK to stack
Sep 2026
Added PoC Library to stack
Sep 2026
Added HLSL to stack
Sep 2026
Added GLSL to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
32
Hiring now
32
Countries
18
Busiest office
Shenzhen
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Shenzhen
China
HQ
613 open roles 681 posted in 90 days 56% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Product, Games
Beijing
China
Regional office
151 open roles 172 posted in 90 days 65% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Industrial Engineering, Product
Guangzhou
China
Regional office
125 open roles 134 posted in 90 days 55% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Sales, Product
Singapore
Singapore
Plant / site
Singapore-CapitaSky
82 open roles 114 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Early Careers
Shanghai
China
Regional office
75 open roles 83 posted in 90 days 51% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Sales, Solutions
Palo Alto
United States
Regional office
30 open roles 46 posted in 90 days 23% engineering 50-200 est. staff $173k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Sales, Early Careers
Hangzhou
China
Engineering / R&D
23 open roles 29 posted in 90 days 91% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Games, AI/ML, Product
London
United Kingdom
Regional office
21 open roles 36 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Games, Security
Tokyo
Japan
Regional office
Japan-Tokyo-Business Tower
20 open roles 22 posted in 90 days 45% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Games, Early Careers, AI/ML
Chengdu
China
Regional office
19 open roles 20 posted in 90 days 53% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Games, Design
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Regional office
Malaysia-Kuala Lumpur
12 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Management, Sales, Data Science
Seoul
South Korea
Regional office
S.Korea-Seoul
8 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Sales, Solutions
Paris
France
Regional office
7 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 43% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales, AI/ML, Legal
Wuhan
China
Regional office
7 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 57% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Product, AI/ML, Data Science
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Regional office
6 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Product, Analytics, HR
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Corporate office
6 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Solutions, Finance, Legal
Osaka
Japan
Engineering / R&D
5 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Games, Frontend
Los Angeles
United States
Regional office
4 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $136k Avg Salary
hires for Early Careers, Product, Sales
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Sales office
4 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales, Early Careers, Solutions
Bangkok
Thailand
Sales office
Thailand-Bangkok
4 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Solutions, Marketing, Sales
Bellevue
United States
Regional office
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 1-10 est. staff $164k Avg Salary
hires for Early Careers, AI/ML
Frankfurt am Main
Germany
2 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Operations, Early Careers
Jakarta
Indonesia
Indonesia-Jakarta
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Product
Chongqing
China
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Data Science, Backend
Sydney
Australia
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
Istanbul
Turkey
Türkiye-Istanbul
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
Auckland
New Zealand
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
Irvine
United States
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Games
Xi'an
China
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for AI/ML
Xiamen
China
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
Zhengzhou
China
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
Earlier presence
Washington, United States
Warsaw, Poland
New York, United States
Shijiazhuang, China
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≈ $63k – $150k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Singapore
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SQL
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≈ $51k – $122k per year (Estimated) • In office • 6+ years exp • Singapore
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Financials
Total raised
$200M
Latest round
IPO
Funding rounds
1
Investors
3
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPO | 2004 | $200M | $1.6B |
Key Investors
PCCW
The Hong Kong operator PCCW co-invested alongside IDG in Tencent's first round. It also exited well before the listing.
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IDG Capital
IDG Capital co-led Tencent's first venture round in 2000. The firm sold most of its stake before the company listed.
idgcapital.com
Prosus
Naspers bought about a third of Tencent for thirty-two million dollars in 2001, a stake now held through Prosus. It is widely regarded as the most successful technology investment ever made.
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