Frontend Engineer-Client Arch Singapore

TIKTOK PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company is seeking motivated frontend engineers to join their rapidly growing team in Singapore. This role focuses on developing and maintaining TikTok's web products, enhancing infrastructure for better developer experiences, and collaborating with various teams. Candidates should possess solid knowledge of modern frontend technologies, with a strong interest in infrastructure and web development processes.

Benefits

Meals provided

Flat organization

Collaboration with industry experts

Qualifications

• Familiarity with web development cycles.
• Interest in infrastructural technologies related to frontend.
• Experience with cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Prototype new ideas and iterate towards the best developer experience.
• Build, optimize, and scale automated build/test/deploy systems.
• Write high-quality, reusable code.

Skills

Typescript

JavaScript

React

Redux

CSS

Webpack

Tools

Jenkins

AWS CodePipeline

Bash

Job description

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.

Job highlights

Flat organization, Industry experts, Meals provided

Responsibilities

The TikTok Frontend team builds and maintains the web products and infrastructure of TikTok, including www.tiktok.com, hybrid pages in the mobile app, and TikTok TV. The goal of the Frontend Infrastructure team is to build stable, sustainable, and reusable infrastructure, so that each product team can develop, test, and deploy their features more efficiently and effectively. We support web developers and designers from multiple teams by standardizing the development environment and workflow, determining tech stack and best practices, as well as building commonly shared libraries. We also keep raising the bar of our code base, exploring the newest web technologies, and figuring out how different coding patterns can be utilized in our own context.

We are looking for motivated engineers to join us and help accomplish this mission. You will work with our experienced engineers to find out the best way to bring our current technologies to the next level. Given the speed in which our team is growing, your work will be highly challenging, and will have an essential impact on the productivity of anyone who works on web related projects within TikTok.

- Prototype new ideas and iterate towards the best developer experience;

- Build, optimize, and scale the next generation of our automated build/ test/ deploy system;

- Write high quality, reusable code, and iterate towards the best developer experience;

- Define and prioritize requirements from other engineering teams;

- Serve as a technical resource and engineering mentor for other frontend developers.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

- Familiarity with web development cycles (e.g. package management, module bundling, unit, and integration testing, browser capabilities, etc.);

- Knowledge of modern frontend tech stack (we use Typescript, Javascript, React/ Redux, ES6, Webpack, styled components, CSS);

- Interest in infrastructural and foundation technologies in frontend/ web related domains;

- Experience with cross-team, cross-functional collaboration;

Preferred Qualifications:

- Deep understanding of webpack and its surrounding technologies (plugins, compiler hooks);

- Previous experience with developing reusable UI components, and/ or implementing WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines);

- Experience with deployment automation tools (e.g. Jenkins, AWS Codepipeline, TravisCI, CircleCI, etc.) and/or Shell/ Bash script.