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Developer and Community Advocate - Generalized Arch

AT TikTok
TikTok

Developer and Community Advocate - Generalized Arch

San Jose, CA

Responsibilities

About the team:
TikTok External Tech Impact team is committed to strengthening the ties between TikTok and the tech community, including academic institutions, conferences, and industry organizations. Our mission is to amplify TikTok's presence and extend our reach, ensuring that our technologies are well-represented and supported within the developer ecosystem.

Responsibilities:
- High responsibility for continuous improvement in TikTok technical documentation, blogs, and the community forum;
- Identify high-potential developer communities, refine messaging to attract new developers, and highlight gaps in developer experience for our product team; Build awareness of TikTok technologies in the industry;

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- Lead Technical team involvement in relevant conferences, Hackathons, and Meetups, including oversight of our annual developer conference;
- Participate in technical and academic communities as a practitioner developing an understanding of those communities' needs;
- Acquire and synthesize feedback/sentiment to drive improvement to TikTok products and to the overall experience of the TikTok product family;
- Build and foster an external ecosystem of community influencers, meetups, hackathons, summits, and experts that amplify our messages and extend our reach.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- 2 years of experience working in and with developer relations, leading technology standard incubation.
- 1 year of experience presenting at technology conferences, blogging/writing technical articles, or leading an open-source community is preferred;
- Ability to be diplomatic and influence technical practitioners, stakeholders, and globally distributed teams;
- Ability to work globally and collaboratively in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with at least 1 technology area. Privacy-enhanced techniques (PET) for ensuring data privacy and confidentiality;
- Familiarity with privacy or technology law, policy, programs, or other related fields.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $88000 - $151111 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

Client-provided location(s): San Jose, CA, USA
Job ID: TikTok-7429784798678190375
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • HSA
    • Life Insurance
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • Snacks
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Happy Hours
    • Some Meals Provided
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Performance Bonus
    • Company Equity
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
    • Mentor Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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