Algorithm Engineer Graduate - Intelligent Multimedia Streaming Strategy - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at TikTok.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2026. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Team Introduction
The Experience team is responsible for optimizing app experience related to performance for TikTok users. This team collaborates with all teams in the video creation and consumption ecosystem to provide end-to-end optimization solutions.

Responsibilities
1. Responsible for optimizing multiple adaptive strategies in live streaming/RTC scenarios for client-side (push/pull streaming), including performance adaptation, network adaptation, playback control adaptation, etc.
2. Responsible for optimizing multiple adaptive strategies in live streaming/RTC scenarios for server-side (transcoding), including dynamic transcoding, dynamic bitrate delivery strategies, dynamic traffic allocation strategies, etc.
3. Responsible for mapping and analyzing multiple QoS/QoE metrics in live streaming/RTC scenarios, building QoE models for different user groups, and continuously optimizing personalized strategies for live streaming.