Backend Software Engineer - Recommendation Content Understanding Architecture Singapore Technology - Backend Regular

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

Job summary

TikTok's Recommendation Architecture Platform Team seeks a skilled engineer in Singapore to own and evolve the multi-modal content understanding pipeline. You will tackle challenges in service availability, throughput, and storage, while collaborating with the algorithm team on vector representations and large-scale retrieval.

Responsibilities include optimizing model inference, enhancing stability, and enabling platform-wide integration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field, with relevant experience.
• Strong programming skills in Python/C++, and solid coding style.
• Good communication and collaboration skills; eager to learn new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead service construction and iteration of the multi-modal content understanding pipeline; address availability, throughput, and storage bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with the algorithm team to apply video representation models and large-scale vector retrieval technologies.
• Abstract and enrich multi-modal vector computing components; optimize inference performance and system scalability.

Skills

Python

C++

Problem solving

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

CUDA

Job description

Location:

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code:

A216639

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Responsibilities

About The TeamThe Recommendation Architecture Middle - Platform Team is responsible for system architecture design in the fields of content understanding and content security for our company's products. The scope of work includes the design and development of the entire process of massive multi-modal content processing, retrieval, and sorting, ensuring the high availability of the system, and pursuing flexible abstraction and sustainable iteration.

1. 1. Be responsible for the service construction and iteration of the multi-modal content understanding pipeline, solve core problems such as service availability, throughput and storage bottlenecks, and improve the development efficiency of new features.
2. 2. Regarding the repetition and similarity issues of massive video content, closely collaborate with the algorithm team to continuously promote the application of industry-leading video representation models and large-scale vector retrieval technologies at the business level, and overcome engineering problems during the implementation process.
3. 3. Abstract and enrich the multi-modal vector computing components, optimize the model inference performance of vector computing, enhance the stability, performance, and scalability of the system, and strengthen platform-wide integration.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

1. 1. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related fields, with at least 3 years of relevant experience;
2. 2. Have solid programming skills and basic computer knowledge, be familiar with Python/C++, have excellent design and coding styles, and possess strong abilities to solve practical problems.
3. 3. Have good communication and collaboration skills, be enthusiastic about solving challenging problems, and be able to explore new technologies with the team to promote technological development.

Preferred Qualification:

1. 1. Have development experience related to recommendation, search, and advertising. Have experience in recall and ranking systems.
2. 2. Have basic machine learning knowledge, be familiar with mainstream machine learning frameworks (PyTorch/TensorFlow). Have experience in high-performance computing or CUDA development.

Job Information

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok’s global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok’s mission. Our innovative product is 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 bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.

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. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We’re resilient and embrace challenges as they come. 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

TikTok 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 TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. 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.

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