Backend Engineer, Global E‑Commerce Governance & AI Tools

TikTok; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to join the Global E-Commerce Governance team in Singapore. You will help build and maintain core systems that keep listings authentic and compliant across live and short-video commerce, with a focus on scalable production services and AI-enabled tooling.

You will contribute to platform upgrades, improve stability, and apply AI coding tools to daily engineering tasks, collaborating across countries and regions in a fast-paced, globally distributed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline.
• Backend development experience in e-Commerce or complex business platforms.
• Proficiency in Go or Java, with solid knowledge of data structures, algorithms and common design patterns.
• Experience building and operating production services, with an understanding of availability, performance and maintainability.
• Proficiency with AI coding tools and the ability to incorporate them into day-to-day engineering work.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain core systems of the human moderation platform within TikTok Shop governance, including review configuration and task scheduling.
• Participate in the platform architecture upgrade and business scenario migration, delivering modules from design through launch.
• Improve system stability and engineering efficiency through automation and tooling.
• Apply AI coding tools in development, testing and troubleshooting workflows.

Skills

Go or Java

Backend development

Data structures & algorithms

AI coding tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Job description

TikTok is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to join the Global E-Commerce Governance team in Singapore. You will help build and maintain core systems that keep listings authentic and compliant across live and short-video commerce, with a focus on scalable production services and AI-enabled tooling.

You will contribute to platform upgrades, improve stability, and apply AI coding tools to daily engineering tasks, collaborating across countries and regions in a fast-paced, globally distributed