Frontend Software Engineer (transaction) - TikTok Live - Singapore

TikTok; Singapore; On-site; SGD 65,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok in Singapore is hiring experienced frontend engineers to join the LIVE Platform team, focusing on web and hybrid applications powering TikTok Wallet and Money Platform payments. You will build secure, high-performance payment experiences and contribute to scalable frontend infrastructure.

Candidates should have solid frontend skills, experience with MV* frameworks, and strong collaboration across remote teams. Fluent English communication is essential in our global environment.

Qualifications

• Solid front-end programming skills; address browser compatibility and performance.
• Experience with front-end engineering and component development; familiar with MV* frameworks.
• Excellent service mindset, learning ability, communication and collaboration; proficient in English.

Responsibilities

• Develop web applications for TikTok Wallet and Money Platform with secure, stable payment UX.
• Design and implement high-performance user experiences and ensure system stability.
• Contribute to infrastructure and engineering solutions supporting TikTok Live's tools.
• Improve collaboration for remote and cross-regional teams to accelerate growth.

Skills

Front-end programming

Browser compatibility

Performance optimization

MVF framework

English communication

Job description

Responsibilities

About the Team:
The TikTok LIVE Platform frontend team focuses on frontend development, with the payments direction dedicated to building secure, stable, and seamless payment products. Our goal is to enhance the payment experience for users, ensuring smooth transactions within the TikTok LIVE ecosystem. Beyond development, we strive to deeply understand our users, identify key opportunities, and prioritize challenges to create innovative user experience solutions. We are looking for experienced frontend engineers to join our team and contribute to the development of web and hybrid applications that power our payment products.

• Develop web applications for TikTok Wallet and Money Platform, ensuring a secure, stable, and efficient payment experience.
• Design and implement seamless, high-performance user experiences, ensuring high‑quality delivery and system stability.
• Contribute to the development of infrastructures and engineering solutions that support TikTok Live’s business and productivity tools.
• Optimize collaboration methods to enhance the efficiency of remote and cross‑regional communication, accelerating business iteration and growth.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification

• Solid front‑end programming skills with experience in solving browser compatibility issues and optimizing front‑end performance.
• Understand front‑end engineering and component development, having a certain design skill set and familiar with at least one MV* framework.
• Having excellent service awareness, learning ability, communication and collaboration ability and English language skill to use in communication and collaboration.

Preferred Qualification

• Minimum 1 year relevant work experience from a large‑scale internet business
• Good to have experience in multi‑end (Native/PC/Server) development.
• Good to have experience in participating or leading large‑scale projects and open source projects.
• Good to have experience in writing tech articles or tech blogs.

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.