Senior Backend Engineer – Live Subscriptions Platform

TikTok; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok Singapore is seeking experienced engineers to build and optimize real-time, large-scale distributed systems for LIVE subscriptions and Creator-Fan interactions. You will work closely with product teams to deliver high-performance features that scale to one billion users and beyond.

Ideal candidates have strong proficiency in Go, Python, Java, or C++, and proven track records in distributed architectures, databases like MySQL/Redis and messaging systems such as Kafka.

Qualifications

• Proficient in at least one of the following languages: Go, Python, Java, C++.
• Experience building scalable, highly available, distributed and mission-critical systems.
• Deep understanding of computer architecture, data structures and algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Plan and lead large-scale technical projects to lay the foundation for iterative development and scale of early products.
• Develop robust, efficient technology products that serve 1 billion users.
• Lead and improve system design and architecture to ensure high stability, performance, and reliability of the product.
• Collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work in rapid product development.
• Contribute to engineering strategy, tooling, processes, and culture, improve R&D quality, efficiency and experience.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

C++

Tools

MySQL

Redis

Kafka

Job description

TikTok Singapore is seeking experienced engineers to build and optimize real-time, large-scale distributed systems for LIVE subscriptions and Creator-Fan interactions. You will work closely with product teams to deliver high-performance features that scale to one billion users and beyond.

Ideal candidates have strong proficiency in Go, Python, Java, or C++, and proven track records in distributed architectures, databases like MySQL/Redis and messaging systems such as Kafka.