Role OverviewDesign, build, and govern the core online storage infrastructure for TikTok's global business, with a focus on AI-native development and operations. The team is undergoing a paradigm shift from manual oncall and hand-crafted governance to AI-native development and operations.
What You Will Do
Design and build the AI Context & Knowledge Layer, Research and implement Agentic Workflows, Establish Agent Evaluation & Experimentation, Storage Platform Skill-ification & Toolchain Integration, and Drive AI-Native Adoption & Enablement.
Why It Might Be a Fit
This is a greenfield opportunity to design the AI infrastructure layer from scratch, establish an evaluation framework, and drive org-wide adoption. You will tackle world-class challenges in globalization, multi-region active-active, compliance, and cost efficiency—while using AI to redefine how storage systems are built and operated.
Requirements
- PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field
- Thesis-based Master's degree with a research focus in AI, ML, software engineering, or systems
- Proficiency in Python and Go (or C++ / Java)
- Deep expertise in LLM application engineering
- Solid distributed systems foundation
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