Backend Software Engineer, TikTok Search

TIKTOK PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social media platform in Singapore is seeking a Backend Engineer to support TikTok Search. The role involves optimizing system performance, developing a robust Search product, and managing backend engineering teams. Ideal candidates will have a BS degree in Computer Science, strong problem-solving skills, and experience with consumer-facing applications. The company fosters an inclusive work environment and encourages creativity and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Excellent problem-analysis and solving skills with industry experience.
• Good coding, data structure knowledge, and basic algorithm skills.
• Strong team communication and collaboration abilities.

Responsibilities

• Support fast iterations of TikTok Search business.
• Build a robust Search product to optimize system performance.
• Ensure smooth operation of Search architecture governance.
• Construct a high freshness multimedia index for Search Engine.
• Manage and develop backend engineering teams.

Skills

Problem-analysis skills

Problem-solving skills

Team communication

Collaboration skills

Coding skills

Data structure knowledge

Basic algorithms

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Job description

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.

Our team is responsible for providing TikTok search users with first-class search experience by building a strong and robust infrastructure and platform to support product fast iteration and key feature development. In our team, you'll have the opportunity to take part in developing the key features on TikTok Search, understand how TikTok Search could be evolved to be a multi-billion-user product and first-handed experience how user request varies on this giant from time to time. We encourage a culture of self-driven, intellectual curiosity, openness and problem-solving.

Detailed responsibilities include but not limited to:

1. Product Development: Support fast iterations of TikTok Search business and further enable the product growth.
2. Performance & Stability: Build a fast and robust Search product by keeping optimizing system performance and improving service stability.
3. Search Engineering Infrastructure: Guarantee reasonable Search architecture governance to ensure that the overall system operates smoothly.
4. Search offline processing: Construct a high freshness multi-media index and provide a reliable offline data support for Search Engine.
5. Backend engineering team building, management and development.

Qualifications

Job Requirements

• BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other relevant majors.
• Excellent problem-analysis and -solving skills, have industry experience in building backend services for large-scale consumer-facing applications.
• Good at coding, data structure and basic algorithm
• Good team communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Good understanding on how modern Search system is built or/and how modern Search product should be evolved.
• Industry experience in building a consumer-facing Search product.
• Experience in building a medium-size backend technical team from scratch.

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.