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Infrastructure Software Engineer roles in cloud platforms, distributed systems, and site reliability qualify for STEM OPT's 24-month extension if your degree is in computer science, computer engineering, or a related CIP-coded STEM field. Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify before you can start.
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About the team: The mission of our AML team is to push the next-generation AI infrastructure and recommendation platform for the ads ranking, search ranking, live & e-comm ranking in our company. We also drive substantial impact on core businesses of the company. Currently, we are looking for Machine Learning Engineer - Machine Learning Infrastructure to join our team to support and advance that mission.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the design and implementation of a global-scale machine learning system for feeds, ads and search ranking models.
- Responsible for improving usability and flexibility of the machine learning infrastructure.
- Responsible for improving the workflow of model training and serving, data pipelines, storage system and resource management for multi-tenancy machine learning systems.
- Responsible for designing and developing key components of ML infrastructure and mentoring interns.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields or equivalent years of experience in a software engineering role.
- Proficient in at least one programming language such as Go/Python in Linux environment, with excellent coding skills.
- Familiar with open source distributed scheduling/orchestration/storage frameworks, such as Kubernetes (K8S), Yarn (Flink, MapReduce), Mesos, Celery, HDFS, Redis, S3, etc., with rich practical experience in machine learning system development.
- Experience in developing and deploying large-scale systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience contributing to an open sourced machine learning framework (TensorFlow/PyTorch).
- Experience in big data frameworks (e.g., Spark/Hadoop/Flink), experience in resource management and task scheduling for large scale distributed systems.
About USDS
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is dedicated to the safety and security of millions of Americans who create, discover, and connect with what they love on the apps we operate. The Joint Venture has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25, 2025. Our foundation is a comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity program we operate under defined safeguards to protect national security and secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm. We safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem, holding decision-making authority for trust and safety policies and moderation. USDS Joint Venture helps ensure Americans can continue to express their creativity, discover new hobbies and interests, and build thriving communities and businesses on a global scale.
On-site presence across teams allows the company to operate with greater speed, alignment, and agility — especially in areas like real-time decision-making, team development, and integrated execution. As such, the company is shifting from a hybrid work model to a fully in-person schedule up to 5 days a week.
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.
USDS Reasonable Accommodation
USDS 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://tinyurl.com/USDS-RA
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $136800 - $359720 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:
- Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
- Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
- Exercising sound judgment.
Responsibilities
About the team: The mission of our AML team is to push the next-generation AI infrastructure and recommendation platform for the ads ranking, search ranking, live & e-comm ranking in our company. We also drive substantial impact on core businesses of the company. Currently, we are looking for Machine Learning Engineer - Machine Learning Infrastructure to join our team to support and advance that mission.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the design and implementation of a global-scale machine learning system for feeds, ads and search ranking models.
- Responsible for improving usability and flexibility of the machine learning infrastructure.
- Responsible for improving the workflow of model training and serving, data pipelines, storage system and resource management for multi-tenancy machine learning systems.
- Responsible for designing and developing key components of ML infrastructure and mentoring interns.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields or equivalent years of experience in a software engineering role.
- Proficient in at least one programming language such as Go/Python in Linux environment, with excellent coding skills.
- Familiar with open source distributed scheduling/orchestration/storage frameworks, such as Kubernetes (K8S), Yarn (Flink, MapReduce), Mesos, Celery, HDFS, Redis, S3, etc., with rich practical experience in machine learning system development.
- Experience in developing and deploying large-scale systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience contributing to an open sourced machine learning framework (TensorFlow/PyTorch).
- Experience in big data frameworks (e.g., Spark/Hadoop/Flink), experience in resource management and task scheduling for large scale distributed systems.
About USDS
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is dedicated to the safety and security of millions of Americans who create, discover, and connect with what they love on the apps we operate. The Joint Venture has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25, 2025. Our foundation is a comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity program we operate under defined safeguards to protect national security and secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm. We safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem, holding decision-making authority for trust and safety policies and moderation. USDS Joint Venture helps ensure Americans can continue to express their creativity, discover new hobbies and interests, and build thriving communities and businesses on a global scale.
On-site presence across teams allows the company to operate with greater speed, alignment, and agility — especially in areas like real-time decision-making, team development, and integrated execution. As such, the company is shifting from a hybrid work model to a fully in-person schedule up to 5 days a week.
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.
USDS Reasonable Accommodation
USDS 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://tinyurl.com/USDS-RA
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $136800 - $359720 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:
- Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
- Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
- Exercising sound judgment.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization as an Infrastructure Software Engineer
Verify your CIP code before applying
Check your degree's Classification of Instructional Programs code against the Department of Homeland Security's STEM OPT designated degree list. Computer science, electrical engineering, and information systems are covered, but not all IT-adjacent programs are, so confirm with your DSO before targeting infrastructure roles.
Check employer E-Verify status upfront
Ask recruiters directly whether the company is enrolled in E-Verify before your first interview. Employers can self-confirm enrollment through the E-Verify portal, and starting work at a non-enrolled employer invalidates your STEM OPT extension regardless of your authorization otherwise being valid.
Target infrastructure teams at E-Verify enrolled firms
Use Migrate Mate to filter Infrastructure Software Engineer openings by employers already enrolled in E-Verify, so you're only spending time on roles where your 24-month extension is legally viable from day one.
Align your I-983 training plan to the role's technical scope
Your I-983 must describe measurable learning goals tied to your STEM degree, not just your job duties. For infrastructure roles, map training objectives to specific skills like distributed systems design, container orchestration, or network security that directly connect to your coursework.
Negotiate start dates around your DSO's I-20 amendment timeline
STEM OPT extensions require your DSO to issue an updated I-20 before the new authorization period begins. Build at least two to three weeks of lead time into your offer negotiation so your employer's onboarding schedule doesn't outpace your paperwork.
Use O*NET to validate your role qualifies as STEM
Pull the O*NET occupation profile for Infrastructure Software Engineer and cross-reference the listed knowledge domains with your STEM degree field. Roles requiring bachelor's-level knowledge in computer science or engineering give your employer a clear documented basis for approving the I-983 training plan.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Infrastructure Software Engineer role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Yes, provided your degree is in a DHS-designated STEM field such as computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or information systems, and the role requires applying that technical knowledge directly. Infrastructure roles involving cloud architecture, distributed systems, or network engineering typically satisfy the degree-connection requirement. Confirm your specific CIP code with your DSO before filing.
How do I confirm my employer is enrolled in E-Verify before accepting an offer?
Ask the recruiter or HR contact directly, since employers can verify their own enrollment status through the E-Verify portal. You can also request their E-Verify Company ID number as confirmation. Starting work at a company that isn't enrolled in E-Verify disqualifies your STEM OPT extension, so this check is non-negotiable before signing any offer letter. Migrate Mate flags E-Verify enrollment status for listed employers so you can screen roles before applying.
What should my I-983 training plan include for an infrastructure engineering role?
Your I-983 must identify specific learning objectives tied to your STEM degree, practical training activities, supervision structure, and how the employer will evaluate your progress. For infrastructure roles, training objectives should reference measurable technical skills, such as designing fault-tolerant systems or implementing observability tooling, that connect explicitly to your degree coursework. Generic job descriptions without that connection can cause your DSO to reject the plan.
Does cap-gap protection apply if my employer files an H-1B petition while I'm on STEM OPT?
Yes. If your employer files a timely H-1B visa cap-subject petition before your STEM OPT EAD expires and you're selected in the lottery, cap-gap automatically extends your work authorization through September 30 of that fiscal year. Your I-20 must be updated by your DSO to reflect the cap-gap period, and you must remain employed by the same petitioning employer during that time.
How do I find Infrastructure Software Engineer jobs where employers are prepared to support STEM OPT students?
Search Migrate Mate for Infrastructure Software Engineer openings filtered by employers enrolled in E-Verify. Targeting companies with established OPT processes reduces the risk of delays caused by employers encountering I-983 requirements for the first time. Mid-size technology companies and employers in cloud infrastructure, fintech, and enterprise software tend to have HR teams experienced with STEM OPT compliance and training plan documentation.