Data Development Engineer - Global Payment - Singapore

ByteDance; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance seeks a data engineering professional to lead the Global Payment data flow and streaming data initiatives. You will work on building scalable data services and ensure accurate, real-time analytics for payment platforms across TikTok and related services.

Ideal candidates have strong programming skills (C/C++, Java, Python), solid data fundamentals, and experience with big data tools. This role emphasizes data quality, governance, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to unlock

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Statistics, Mathematics or related majors.
• Familiar with Linux operating system and development environment.
• Solid fundamentals in data structures and operating systems.
• Proficient in at least one programming language (C/C++, Java, Python).
• Sensitive to data, meticulous and conscientious, with ability to identify data-driven problems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee data flow and data service construction for ByteDance's global payments.
• Address ultra-large-scale data issues, processing billions of incremental user data daily.
• Manage real-time transmission, cleaning, conversion, and calculation of streaming data; provide efficient external query services.
• Contribute to data governance to improve usability and quality of data.
• Understand business requirements and translate them into data-driven solutions in collaboration with business teams.

Skills

Programming languages

Linux

Data fundamentals

Data-driven mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Statistics/Math

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

Hive

Elasticsearch

Job description

Responsibilities

About Global Payment

The Global Payment team of ByteDance provides payment solutions - including payment acquisitions, disbursements, transaction monitoring, payment method management, foreign exchange conversion, accounting, reconciliations, and so on to ensure that our users have a smooth and secure payment experience on ByteDance platforms including TikTok.

The Data Intelligence team in Global Payment leads the efforts of discovering data-driven business values for Global Payment, by collecting, visualising and mining generated data from the pipeline of whole Global Payment system. The outcomes include optimising the key business metrics, improving Global Payment products and user experiences, risk management through data intelligence, predicting the trends from historical data, etc.

1. Responsible for the data flow and related data service construction of ByteDance's global payment business;
2. Addressing ultra-large-scale data issues, processing hundreds of billions of incremental user data daily;
3. Responsible for the real-time transmission, cleaning, conversion, and calculation of streaming data, and providing efficient query services externally;
4. Participate in data governance work to improve data usability and quality;
5. Deeply understand and reasonably abstract business requirements, leverage data value, and cooperate closely with business teams.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or above in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics or other related majors;
• Familiar with Linux operating system and development environment;
• Possess solid computer fundamentals (data structures, operating systems, etc.);
• Proficient in any one programming language such as C/C++, Java, Python;
• Sensitive to data, meticulous and conscientious, with the ability to identify problems from data.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in open-source project research or contribution;
• Participated in ACM or other software development competitions;
• Familiar with one or more of the big data processing tools/frameworks, including but not limited to: Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive, Storm, Spark, Druid, Kafka, HBase, Elasticsearch, etc.

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.