Backend Engineer, Search Architecture (ByteDance Singapore)

BYTEDANCE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Paid leave

Housing subsidy

Flexible hours

Career growth

Job summary

ByteDance seeks a versatile engineer to lead the design and development of the search system architecture, ensuring stability and high availability for both online services and offline data pipelines.

You will optimize performance, tackle bottlenecks, and support large-scale machine learning optimization, focusing on high-concurrency, high-throughput systems and integrating new technologies with the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience with building scalable systems (1+ year).
• Proficient in programming languages: C, C++, Java or Golang (C++ is a plus).
• Strong design and coding skills, ownership and drive.
• Experience in search engine, recommendations, ML, distributed storage or big data is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop the search system architecture for high availability.
• Ensure online services and data flow performance are optimized.
• Identify bottlenecks and reduce costs while unlocking performance gains.
• Develop core components and new technologies for search systems.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to integrate software and hardware.
• Analyze user needs to deliver robust software solutions.
• Update and test software and validate changes.

Skills

C

C++

Java

Golang

Education

Bachelor's degree or above

Tools

C

C++

Java

Golang

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

Yoga and fitness, Six insurances and one fund, Stock options, Positive team atmosphere, Career growth opportunity, Paid leave, Flat organization, 100+ mil users, Industry experts, Meals provided, Competitive compensation, Flexible hours, Housing subsidy

Responsibilities

About the team

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

This person will be responsible for the design and development of the search system architecture, ensuring system stability and high availability; responsible for online services, offline data flow performance optimization, solving performance bottlenecks, reducing costs and unlocking.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the search system and its affiliated products, and solving the architecture optimization problem of the search architecture system;
• Support the design and development of the search system , and the output core search capabilities of bytes and high-quality content to partners;
• Focus on architecture abstraction and process optimization for search scenarios, support large-scale machine learning optimization;
• Focus on large-scale systems with high concurrency and high throughput, improve system stability, performance, and scalability;
• Research and development and optimization of core components, application and implementation of new technologies;
• 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 directs 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 at least 1 year of experience building scalable systems;
• Experience in programming, included but not limited to, the following programming languages: C, C++, Java or Golang, C++ is a plus;
• Solid programming ability, excellent design and code style, enthusiastic about technical challenges;
• Effective communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive;
• Experienced in at least one area of the following areas: search engine, personalized recommendations, machine learning, distributed storage system, big data frameworks is a plus.