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How TikTok hires

Truth index
B 84/100
Median time to fill
101 days
Ghost roles
19%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%

TikTok scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3416 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 19% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 101 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: 547 · green card filings: 242

Visa details by country

Overview

TikTok is a short-form video platform owned by the Chinese technology group ByteDance and launched internationally in 2016, growing further after the 2018 merger with the lip-sync app Musical.ly. Its recommendation feed surfaces content by engagement signals rather than social graph, which lets new creators reach large audiences quickly and made the app one of the most downloaded in the world. The company runs dual operating hubs in Singapore and Los Angeles and has built an advertising business, a live streaming economy and the TikTok Shop commerce marketplace on top of the video feed.

News

News nj 21 days ago
Target just dropped the fall boot of my dreams, and they're viral on TikTok right now
Looking for a fall boot upgrade? Then, you'll want to run to Target and snag this TikTok viral pair for $55
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News bbc.com 21 days ago
Warning over AI TikTok fake veteran scam videos
Experts have warned of a growing wave of AI-generated "pity scams" using fake videos of injured ex-military personnel to sell products online.
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News voxdotcom 23 days ago
It's not your imagination - dating has gotten way more combative lately
Here's how to find love (or just have fun!) when everyone has their guard up.
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News The Washington Post 28 days ago
They hacked a TikTok user's camera, with help from free AI
Chinese AI models given away free have potent cybersecurity skills, widening access to high-level hacking knowledge that can be used for good or ill.
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News themarkup 1 month ago
How TikTok and Google ended up with information about doctors' appointments around the world - The Markup
Doctoralia sent information about specialists and appointment dates to social media companies.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at TikTok over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
325
Postings analysed
1,650
Stack modernity
77/100AI adopter
Languages
Python42%
SQL29%
C++25%
Java18%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch13%
TensorFlow10%
PyTorch C++7%
Flink6%
Databases
Redis2%
MySQL2%
HBase2%
ClickHouse1%
Cloud & platforms
Tableau10%
Power BI8%
Spark5%
Apache Kafka4%
AI & ML
LLM24%
ChatGPT2%
Claude2%
VLM2%
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Full TikTok tech stack 325 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$216k
Typical range
$13k – $456k
Open positions
40
40 Jobs
Intern 2.5%
Junior 5%
Middle 37.5%
Senior 40%
Staff 15%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Intern 1 $30k $30k
Junior 2 $209k $209k
Middle 15 $175k $115k – $374k
Senior 16 $303k $175k – $456k
Staff 6 $355k $13k – $396k
Highest paying role Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Global E-Commerce – Recommendation (Multiple Positions) $456k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at TikTok By role, level and city, against the market · 40 jobs with pay

Products

Creator Rewards Program
The Creator Rewards Program pays creators based on qualified views of longer original videos. It replaced the earlier flat creator fund with an engagement-linked model.
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LIVE
TikTok LIVE lets creators broadcast in real time and earn from viewer gifts and subscriptions. It supports co-hosting, moderation tools and live shopping formats.
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Ads Manager
Ads Manager is the self-serve platform where brands buy in-feed video, branded effects and creator partnerships. It provides targeting, creative testing and conversion measurement tools.
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Shop
TikTok Shop lets creators and merchants sell products directly inside videos and live streams. It combines checkout, fulfilment partners and affiliate commissions in the app.
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App
The TikTok app is the core short-video product with an algorithmic For You feed, creation tools, effects and a large licensed music library. It reaches more than a billion monthly users worldwide.
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People

Zhang Yiming
Founder of ByteDance
Zhang Yiming founded ByteDance in 2012 and launched the Douyin and TikTok products. He stepped back from executive roles in 2021 but remains the group's controlling shareholder.
Shou Zi Chew
Chief Executive Officer
Shou Zi Chew has led TikTok since 2021 and represents the company in regulatory and government proceedings worldwide. He was previously ByteDance's chief financial officer and chief financial officer of Xiaomi.
Blake Chandlee
President, Global Business Solutions
Blake Chandlee leads TikTok's global advertising and commercial organisation. He spent more than a decade building Facebook's international partnerships business before joining.
Names and roles come from public filings, company registers and the company's own site. Is this you? Correct or remove · How we handle this data

Growth

Hiring Momentum
65/100
Growing
Open positions
3424
203 opened / 244 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
99 days
faster than 14% 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.
Early Careers
15% ▼
AI/ML
15% ▼
Operations
9% ▲
Marketing
8% ▲
Product
8% ▼
Sales
8% ▲
Actively hiring for Sales (+57 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Rancho Cucamonga Oct 2026
New location: Riyadh Oct 2026
New location: Zurich Oct 2026
Added NIST AI RMF to stack Oct 2026
New location: São Paulo Oct 2026
Added A2A to stack Sep 2026
Added UVM to stack Sep 2026
Added Synopsys ZeBu to stack Sep 2026
Added Synopsys Verdi to stack Sep 2026
Added Formal Verification to stack Sep 2026
Added Cadence Palladium to stack Sep 2026
Added Cadence JasperGold to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
62
Hiring now
61
Countries
40
Busiest office
San Jose
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Culver City United States
HQ
San Jose United States
Plant / site
812 open roles 459 posted in 90 days 63% engineering 500-1000 est. staff $295k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Product
seen since Jan 2020 job postings
Singapore Singapore
Engineering / R&D
761 open roles 328 posted in 90 days 52% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Product
seen since May 2021 job postings
Seattle United States
Plant / site
337 open roles 183 posted in 90 days 46% engineering 200-500 est. staff $301k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Early Careers, Product
seen since Jun 2021 job postings
London United Kingdom
Plant / site
231 open roles 139 posted in 90 days 8% engineering 50-200 est. staff $30k Avg Salary
hires for Early Careers, Operations, Sales
seen since Dec 2023 job postings
Los Angeles United States
Plant / site
230 open roles 133 posted in 90 days 5% engineering 50-200 est. staff $166k Avg Salary
hires for Early Careers, Operations, Management
seen since Jun 2022 job postings
New York United States
Sales office
143 open roles 98 posted in 90 days 7% engineering 50-200 est. staff $143k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Sales, Early Careers
seen since May 2023 job postings
Jakarta Indonesia
Plant / site
119 open roles 67 posted in 90 days 6% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Early Careers, Marketing, Operations
seen since Nov 2018 job postings
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Sales office
114 open roles 67 posted in 90 days 12% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Early Careers, Management
seen since Jan 2023 job postings
São Paulo Brazil
Sales office
87 open roles 40 posted in 90 days 1% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Management, Early Careers
seen since Jan 2021 job postings
Tokyo Japan
Regional office
83 open roles 33 posted in 90 days 2% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Early Careers, Operations, Sales
seen since Dec 2023 job postings
Bangkok Thailand
Regional office
74 open roles 22 posted in 90 days 5% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Early Careers, Marketing, Management
seen since Dec 2021 job postings
Sydney Australia
Sales office
74 open roles 19 posted in 90 days 68% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend, Early Careers, AI/ML
seen since Jan 2023 job postings
Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
Sales office
61 open roles 27 posted in 90 days 5% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Early Careers, Marketing, Sales
seen since Dec 2021 job postings
Mexico City Mexico
Sales office
54 open roles 18 posted in 90 days 4% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Management, Marketing, Early Careers
seen since Mar 2024 job postings
Dublin Ireland
Sales office
50 open roles 28 posted in 90 days 18% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Education, Operations, QA
seen since Jun 2023 job postings
Paris France
Sales office
41 open roles 13 posted in 90 days 2% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Sales, Early Careers
seen since May 2025 job postings
Madrid Spain
Plant / site
33 open roles 21 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Operations, Marketing, Sales
seen since Feb 2024 job postings
Dubai United Arab Emirates
Regional office
32 open roles 33 posted in 90 days 13% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Early Careers, Sales, Analytics
seen since Dec 2025 job postings
Seoul South Korea
Regional office
30 open roles 19 posted in 90 days 3% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Early Careers, Sales, Management
seen since Sep 2023 job postings
Bucharest Romania
Engineering / R&D
29 open roles 72% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for QA, Operations
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Munich Germany
Sales office
28 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales, Early Careers, Marketing
seen since Nov 2024 job postings
Austin United States
Sales office
20 open roles 19 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales, Operations, Marketing
seen since Jan 2026 job postings
Milan Italy
Sales office
19 open roles 13 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales, Marketing, Early Careers
seen since Aug 2024 job postings
Fontana United States
Plant / site
14 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 29% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Analytics, Operations, Management
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Toronto Canada
Regional office
13 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 8% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales, Finance, Operations
seen since Mar 2026 job postings
Washington United States
Corporate office
9 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $115k Avg Salary
hires for Public Policy, Legal, Management
seen since Mar 2026 job postings
Berlin Germany
Regional office
9 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales, Early Careers, Management
seen since Aug 2025 job postings
Warsaw Poland
Regional office
9 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales, Early Careers, Operations
seen since Nov 2024 job postings
Düsseldorf Germany
Corporate office
8 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Management, Marketing, Operations
seen since Dec 2025 job postings
San Francisco United States
Regional office
7 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $175k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Public Policy, Management
seen since May 2026 job postings
Amsterdam Netherlands
Plant / site
7 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations, Early Careers, Product
seen since Jul 2024 job postings
Istanbul Turkey
Regional office
7 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers, Management, Communications
seen since Nov 2021 job postings
Lisbon Portugal
Corporate office
6 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Education, Industrial Engineering
seen since Aug 2025 job postings
Hamburg Germany
Sales office
6 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales, Early Careers, Management
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Chicago United States
Sales office
5 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales, Marketing, Industrial Engineering
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Houston United States
Plant / site
5 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers, Management, Operations
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Middlesex United States
Plant / site
5 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations, Management, Industrial Engineering
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Kouvola Finland
Engineering / R&D
4 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 75% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for DevOps, Operations
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Rancho Cucamonga United States
Plant / site
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management, Operations
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Tel Aviv Israel
Sales office
4 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales, Marketing
seen since Jul 2025 job postings
Miami United States
Regional office
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Mogadishu Somalia
Support & operations
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations, DevOps
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Carol Stream United States
Support & operations
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations, Management
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Johannesburg South Africa
Sales office
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Sep 2025 job postings
Buford United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Management, Operations
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Brussels Belgium
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Administrative, Legal
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
San Diego United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for AI/ML
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Almaty Kazakhstan
2 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Management, Early Careers
seen since Feb 2025 job postings
Bogotá Colombia
2 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Management, Sales
seen since May 2024 job postings
Stockholm Sweden
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
seen since Nov 2025 job postings
Atlanta United States
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Oslo Norway
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Luxembourg City Luxembourg
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Buenos Aires Argentina
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Jun 2023 job postings
Ashburn United States
1 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Networking
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Gurgaon India
1 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Networking
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Helsinki Finland
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Public Policy
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Taguig Philippines
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Riyadh Saudi Arabia
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Zurich Switzerland
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Cairo Egypt
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Customer Success
seen since Jun 2025 job postings
Earlier presence
Rome, Italy 2 open roles · last posting Jan 2026

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