Backend Software Engineer - TikTok Search Singapore Technology - Backend Regular

TikTok; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok, a leading short-form video platform, seeks a backend engineer to drive TikTok Search development in Singapore. You will contribute to product development, performance improvements, and robust infrastructure for a fast-growing consumer-facing search service.

The role emphasizes scalable backend services, data structures, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality search experiences for users.

Qualifications

• BS degree in CS/CE or related field with 3+ years of experience.
• Excellent problem analysis and solving skills, and industry experience in building backend services for large-scale consumer-facing applications.
• Good at coding, data structures and basic algorithms.
• Good team communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Backend development

Large-scale systems

Data structures & algorithms

Team collaboration

Search system understanding

Consumer-facing search product

Building backend teams

Education

BS degree in CS/CE or related field

Job description

Employment Type

Regular

Job Code

X8613

Responsibilities

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

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification(s)

• BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other relevant majors with 3+ years of experience.
• Excellent problem analysis and solving skills, and industry experience in building backend services for large-scale consumer-facing applications.
• Good at coding, data structures and basic algorithms.
• Good team communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualification(s)

• Good understanding of how modern search system is built or 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.

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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