Global Payments Distributed Systems Engineer

ByteDance; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance’s Global Payment team develops payment solutions across ByteDance platforms, including TikTok, to deliver smooth and secure experiences for users worldwide.

The team focuses on building overseas financial products, large-scale distributed systems, and robust architectures while coordinating across international teams to drive innovation and reliability. This role requires strong backend skills and a track record in scalable payment systems.

Qualifications

• Experience with high-availability, distributed large-scale system design and R&D.
• Proficiency in at least one of Java/Python/Golang/C++/PHP.
• Strong understanding of distributed technologies and online systems.

Responsibilities

• Build overseas financial products and solutions for global users and ecosystems, part of the international payment platform.
• Design and review complex payment-related systems with a focus on scalability and reliability.
• Identify bottlenecks and propose optimizations to improve user experience and system performance.
• Lead project discussions, ensure quality, and coordinate across teams to accelerate R&D.

Skills

Distributed systems

High availability

Java

Python

Golang

C++

PHP

Problem solving

Team communication

Tools

Kafka

Redis

MySQL

Job description

ByteDance’s Global Payment team develops payment solutions across ByteDance platforms, including TikTok, to deliver smooth and secure experiences for users worldwide.

The team focuses on building overseas financial products, large-scale distributed systems, and robust architectures while coordinating across international teams to drive innovation and reliability. This role requires strong backend skills and a track record in scalable payment systems.