Backend Engineer Graduate (TikTok Shop - Customer Business) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

TikTok Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social media platform in Singapore is seeking recent graduates for software development roles. You will build e-commerce solutions for TikTok Shop, collaborate with diverse teams to enhance shopping experiences, and work on scalable backend services. Ideal candidates are final year or recent graduates with coding experience in languages like Java and Python. This role offers opportunities for innovation and career growth.

Qualifications

• Final year or recent graduate with a background in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Coding experience with a general purpose programming language (ie. Java, C/C++, Go, Python).
• Demonstrated knowledge of Redis/MySQL/Elasticsearch/Druid/Spark Streaming.
• Understanding algorithms, data structures, and their time and space performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop efficient, highly scalable, and secured services to build/integrate e-Commerce solutions for TikTok Shop.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and other disciplines to explore the next generation of shopping experiences on TikTok.
• Be responsible for building an intuitive and reliable shopping experience, including browsing product details, check-out, shopping, return, refund etc.
• Be responsible for TikTok's Shop Tab, building platforms and tools for merchants, clients, and businesses to manage campaigns, deliver the best results, and receive actionable insights.

Skills

Software Development

Coding in Java

Coding in C/C++

Coding in Go

Coding in Python

Redis

MySQL

Elasticsearch

Druid

Spark Streaming

Distributed Cloud Services

Education

Final year or recent graduate in relevant fields

Job description

Responsibilities

About the team The e-commerce industry has seen tremendous growth in recent years and has become a hotly contested space amongst leading Internet companies, and its future growth cannot be underestimated. With millions of loyal users globally, we believe TikTok is an ideal platform to deliver a brand new and better e-commerce experience to our users.

We aim to bring discovery, inspiration, and joy back to shopping by making TikTok the commerce channel of choice for merchants, creators, and affiliates. We are looking for passionate and talented people to join our product and operations team, to build an e-commerce ecosystem that is innovative, secure and intuitive for our users and brands. The team is responsible for developing all of TikTok Shop South East Asia businesses.

which will involve exciting projects covering user growth, homepage, discovery channel.

You’ll be tasked with creating a TikTok Shop Platform, collaborating closely with engineers around the globe. We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth.

Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at TikTok. Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2026. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

we encourage you to apply early.

Candidates who pass resume screening will be invited to participate in TikTok's technical online assessment. Responsibilities:

• Develop efficient, highly scalable, and secured services to build/integrate e-Commerce solutions for TikTok Shop.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and other disciplines to explore the next generation of shopping experiences on TikTok.
• Be responsible for building an intuitive and reliable shopping experience, including browsing product details, check-out, shopping, return, refund etc.
• Be responsible for TikTok's Shop Tab, building platforms and tools for merchants, clients, and businesses to manage campaigns, deliver the best results, and receive actionable insights.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Final year or recent graduate with a background in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Coding experience with a general purpose programming language (ie. Java, C/C++, Go, Python).
• Demonstrated knowledge of Redis/MySQL/Elasticsearch/Druid/Spark Streaming.
• Understanding algorithms, data structures, and their time and space performance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on distributed cloud services.
• Good understanding of large scale backend service design.

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