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      TikTok Software Engineer, Backend Intern reviews

      3.9

      27% would recommend to a friend

      (4 total reviews)
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      Shou Zi Chew

      100% approve of CEO

      100% positive business outlook

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      3.9

      Senior management

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Culture & values

      2.0

      Work/Life balance

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      4 reviews
      4.0
      May 12, 2025

      Competitive Company

      Software engineer, backend
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Appropriately rewarded if perform well. - Good benefits, insurance, lunch - Good environment to work in (team dependent)

      Cons

      - Might need to OT to catchup to China teams. - Recent comp change to bonus structures is quite bad for employees. - Low engineering standards. - Product teams have a much higher priority on business output than engineering quality.

      3.0
      Mar 3, 2024

      Choose your team wisely

      Backend engineer intern
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - good pay - great office - good pantry - free lunch through catering - free cab if you go home late

      Cons

      - depending on the team, it can be very Chinese-oriented - a lot of documentation is in Chinese - heard from non-Chinese full-time team members that they feel less prioritised for promotions and salary raises compared to Chinese people - a lot of on-call duties - engineering culture does not seem very good (not much automated testing, rare refactoring, use of ourdated technology (objective-C instead of Swift)) - bad work-life balance (even in places where it's officially 10am to 7pm, it can be de facto 9am to 9pm) - no opportunities for learning (you're too busy working all the time)

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