Tech lead- TikTok Search

TikTok; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Tech Lead to enhance its search experience for billions of users. This role involves leading backend architecture, ensuring system stability, and building a new engineering team. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background and leadership skills.

Benefits

Culture rooted in curiosity, openness, and continuous learning

Impact at scale in a company known for rapid innovation

Qualifications

• Solid coding skills and strong grasp of data structures/algorithms.
• Demonstrated experience in backend development for large-scale products.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend development for TikTok Search, supporting product iteration.
• Ensure performance optimization and high system stability.
• Recruit, develop, and manage backend engineering talent.

Skills

Problem-Solving

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

TikTok Search is rapidly scaling, and this Tech Lead role is pivotal in delivering a high-performance, user-focused search experience to a global audience. You’ll lead the backend architecture, ensure stability, drive feature iteration, and potentially build a new backend team from the ground up. This is an opportunity to influence the evolution of a core TikTok product with billions of potential users.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead backend development for TikTok Search, supporting rapid product iteration and growth.
• Ensure performance optimization and high system stability.
• Drive architectural governance across search engineering systems.
• Build and maintain robust offline data infrastructure and multi-media index pipelines.
• Recruit, develop, and manage backend engineering talent.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Solid coding skills and strong grasp of data structures/algorithms.
• Demonstrated experience in backend development for large-scale, consumer-facing products.
• Excellent problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of search system architecture and evolution.
• Prior experience building or scaling consumer search products.
• Proven ability to build and manage engineering teams from scratch.

With headquarters in Singapore and Los Angeles, TikTok is the top destination for short-form video. TikTok empowers people to express themselves creatively and authentically—your work will directly impact how billions find and interact with content.

• Be part of a global team driving core user-facing features.
• Culture rooted in curiosity, openness, and continuous learning.
• Impact at scale in a company known for rapid innovation.
• Mission-driven to inspire creativity and bring joy.

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