Tech Lead Manager (iOS) - TikTok Social

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact-for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us.

TikTok Social team drives significant user engagement and retention wins through fun, innovative, and technically sophisticated products and features. We move fast, with precision, and consistently execute with privacy at the forefront. Some core features and components we build and maintain include User Profile, Story, Inbox, Messaging, Follow, Like, Comment, Tag, etc. We seek talented individuals who enjoy the intersection of product, data, design, and engineering. As a Social team member, you'll help us improve the TikTok social experience and bring joy to hundreds of millions of users, every day.

As a Tech Lead Manager (iOS) for the Social team, you will:
• Lead an engineering direction with a group of top level engineers, to achieve business impact by solving ambiguous product and engineering problems.
• Be an expert of a particular domain; create an execute the engineering roadmap to achieve incremental business impact.
• Leverage data to understand our users and our product in-depth, identify areas of opportunity and execute projects to drive user growth, retention, and/or engagement.
• Collaborate with design and product teams to create a world-class mobile experience.
• Analyse and optimize mobile applications for efficiency and performance.
• Promote robust and maintainable code, clear documentation, and deliver high-quality work on a tight schedule.Minimum Qualifications:
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent majors.
• Ability to design an engineering solution to solve ambiguous problems.
• Strong understanding of software development principles, capabilities, and limitations of the iOS platform.
• Proficiency in Objective-C or Swift.
• Ability to understand and debug large and complex code bases.

Preferred Qualifications:
• 5+ years of working experience in native iOS Development
• Passion and experience building consumer-facing products is a huge plus; We would love to hear about apps you've developed!

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2