Product Designer (Design Engineering AI workflow) - TikTok

Product Designer (Design Engineering AI Workflow) - TikTok

Location: San Jose

Employment Type: Regular

Job Code: A154958B

Responsibilities:

The TikTok UX team is responsible for the product design of the TikTok app. Our key vertical ownership areas include Core app Product Infrastructure, Social, Creation, and Design Systems. Providing professional design methods and practices, the team helps improve user experience and working efficiency of these products and areas.

1. Drive AI transformation of the design system and workflow — Define how AI agents, skills, and tools apply in design. Turn the design system into an asset that AI can read, consume, and generate from. Explore AI-driven workflows from inspiration to prototype to delivery, unlocking new leverage for the team.

2. Build internal AI tools hands-on — Use AI coding tools fluently to independently develop and refine agents, skills, and design tools that accelerate AI adoption across the team.

3. Build a design system that scales for product and AI — Apply strong abstraction and innovation to keep the design system and its components scalable and maintainable as product needs evolve, and structured enough to meet the higher bar AI workflows demand.

4. Raise app-wide design quality — Apply industry-leading design craft to identify opportunities across business lines and drive holistic optimizations that continuously elevate the overall quality of the app.

5. Drive adoption of the design system and AI workflows — Abstract complex problems from business contexts and self-drive design solutions. Maintain clear documentation for the design system and AI workflows (including usage guidelines and best practices), and run training to drive cross-team adoption.

6. Partner with engineering across platforms — Work closely with engineers to translate design system standards and components into high-quality engineering implementations; bring cross-platform design capability to ensure consistency across every platform and device.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Open to candidates at any experience level; what matters is deep hands-on practice with AI coding tools, able to independently turn product and design ideas into high-fidelity, interactive demos that validate experience and feasibility.

2. Strong product and data sense; sharp design judgment, high aesthetic bar, and attention to experience detail; able to curate and elevate from large volumes of AI-generated output, turning the "ordinary" into the "extraordinary"; curiosity and drive to explore the unknown.

3. Able to identify and define problems in complex business and user contexts, propose well-judged solutions, and drive them to launch.

4. Strong communication and cross-team collaboration; optimistic, and effective in fast-changing environments.

5. Strong self-drive and learning loop; values reflection and retrospection, turning experience into reusable methods and insight.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience shipping social, creator, or content products at scale.

2. Side projects involving social, AI-driven, or generative experiences.

3. Hands-on coding background.

4. Passion for TikTok and creator communities.

Compensation Description (Annually): The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $76000 - $168000 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.

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.

About TikTok:

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 we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us:

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.

We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion:

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 Accommodation:

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