Backend Engineer - Recommendation Architecture (ByteDance Singapore)

BYTEDANCE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth opportunity

Paid leave

Flat organization

Job summary

ByteDance’s Recommendation Architecture Team is responsible for building up and optimizing the architecture for our recommendation system to provide the most stable and best experience for our users.

Responsibilities include building high performance online services, creating efficient data pipelines for candidates generation, profile generation, and realtime online training, and developing globalized large-scale recommendation systems with robust software engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or related fields with 3+ years of related experience.
• Experience building scalable system.
• Experience programming in at least one of C, C++, Java or Golang.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high performance online services for recommendation system

Skills

C/C++/Java/Golang

Distributed systems

Big data

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are 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 enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, 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. 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

ByteDance 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 ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. 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.

Job highlights

• Career growth opportunity
• Paid leave
• Flat organization

About The Team

Our Recommendation Architecture Team is responsible for building up and optimizing the architecture for our recommendation system to provide the most stable and best experience for our users.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high performance online services for recommendation system
• Build extremely efficient and reliable data pipelines for candidates generation, profile generation, training examples generation, realtime online training, etc
• Build globalized large-scale recommendation system
• Design and develop high performance computing frameworks and storage systems
• Research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialised utility programs
• Analyse user needs and develop software solutions, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis
• Update software, enhances existing software capabilities, and develops and direct software testing and validation procedures
• Work with computer hardware engineers to integrate hardware and software systems and develop specifications and performance requirements

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in Computer Science, or related fields, with 3+ years of related experience.
• Experience building scalable system;
• Experience programming in at least one of the following programming languages: C, C++, Java or Golang;

Preferred Qualifications

• Effective communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive;
• Experience in at least one area of the following areas: personalized recommendations, search engine, machine learning, distributed storage system, big data frameworks is a plus.