Frontend Infrastructure Engineer (AI Tooling), TikTok Client Arch
Responsibilities
TikTok's Web Architecture team is looking for a visionary Frontend Infrastructure Engineer (AI Tooling) to shape the future of AI-driven frontend engineering. You will work on the evolution of our monorepo toolchain, web application architecture and frameworks, while integrating LLM-powered automation and intelligent development workflows to build an AI-native frontend infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and prototype what "AI-native frontend infrastructure" means in practice - where both humans and AI agents are first-class users of the development platform and tooling.
- Transform frontend developer experience by leveraging AI to automate and enhance repository maintenance, large-scale refactoring, error diagnosis and remediation, CI/CD automation, and knowledge management across complex codebases.
- Establish evaluation and benchmarking frameworks to measure AI-assisted engineering productivity, reliability, and code correctness at scale.
- Design and build AI-native interaction paradigms, web application architectures, and supporting frameworks that enable AI-driven user experiences.
- Stay abreast of the latest web technologies, trends, and industry practices. Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and methodologies to enhance the team's efficiency.
- Partner with engineering teams and cross-functional teams to identify challenges, deliver scalable platform solutions, and drive adoption with measurable impact.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualification(s):
- Experience: extensive web development experience, with a strong focus on frontend infrastructure
- Strong expertise in modern web technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and at least one major frontend framework (e.g., React or Vue).
- Deep experience with large-scale frontend infrastructure, including monorepo toolchains (e.g., Rush, pnpm, Turborepo), dependency management, CI/CD pipelines, and incremental build systems.
- Demonstrated experience architecting complex frontend or platform systems, including the design of reusable development frameworks, extensible abstractions, and scalable engineering standards.
- Experience integrating LLMs or AI systems into engineering workflows (e.g., code generation, refactoring tools, automated code review, CI automation).
- Strong system-level problem-solving ability, with experience navigating large codebases and driving architectural evolution.
- Ability to influence technical direction and collaborate across teams to drive platform adoption at scale.
Preferred Qualification(s):
- Track record in successful AI application development and adoption.
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- Experience building developer platforms, internal tooling systems, or engineering productivity infrastructure.
- Strong learning ability and interest in exploring how AI can reshape developer productivity and engineering infrastructure.
- Prior experience in a technology-driven startup or fast-paced environment.
Job Information
[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $156000 - $387600 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.
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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