Backend Engineer: Real-Time, Scalable Systems

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

Job summary

TikTok Pte. Ltd. is seeking engineers for the TikTok LIVE Foundation Subscription Team to build a real-time, high-performance, large-scale distributed system, collaborating with product managers to deliver subscription features.

You will plan and lead large-scale projects, develop robust technologies serving billions of users, and improve system design for stability and reliability. Strong communication with stakeholders is required.

Qualifications

• Experience building scalable, highly available, distributed and mission-critical systems.
• Deep understanding of computer architecture, data structures and algorithms.
• In-depth knowledge of databases and messaging systems like MySQL/Redis/Kafka.
• Proficient in at least one of Go, Python, Java, or C++.

Responsibilities

• Plan and lead large-scale technical projects to lay the foundation for the iterative development and scale of early products
• Develop robust, efficient technology products that serve 1 billion users
• Lead and improve system design and architecture to ensure high stability, performance, and reliability of the product
• Collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work in rapid product development.
• Contribute to engineering strategy, tooling, processes, and culture, improve R&D quality, efficiency and experience.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

C++

Distributed systems

Algorithms

Tools

MySQL

Redis

Kafka

Job description

TikTok Pte. Ltd. is seeking engineers for the TikTok LIVE Foundation Subscription Team to build a real-time, high-performance, large-scale distributed system, collaborating with product managers to deliver subscription features.

You will plan and lead large-scale projects, develop robust technologies serving billions of users, and improve system design for stability and reliability. Strong communication with stakeholders is required.