Backend Software Engineer , TikTok Server Arch Platform (Singapore) - 2025 Start

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The TikTok Content Center Team is responsible for the most important and fundamental services in TikTok's backend system. Our goal is to build and maintain TikTok's core content metadata management and data distribution system and user interaction system development. In this team, you will have chance to develop features that influence billions of people every day and face super high concurrency system challenges on global infrastructure! If you're looking for a super high concurrency development challenge and cutting-edge tech scenario, this is the team for you!

We are looking for talented individuals to join us in 2025. As a graduate, you will get unparalleled opportunities for you to kickstart your career, pursue bold ideas and explore limitless growth opportunities. Co-create a future driven by your inspiration with TikTok.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for the research and development of the backend business architecture of TikTok's billion-level user products, respond to the optimization challenges of large-scale high-concurrency distributed systems with tens of billions of traffic, and complete the support of global products;
2. Participate in the demand analysis and technical plan formulation of industry star products, develop high-availability systems, and optimize the architecture for global public cloud and private cloud infrastructure;
3. Analyze and solve system performance problems, improve the stability and scalability of the system;
4. Research and develop basic service components to solve common needs and reduce repeated development;
5. Research and application of new technologies, and promote the application of suitable technologies to production systems.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Final year or recent graduate with a background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline
• Familiar with at least one programming language, including but not limited to: Go, Java, C, C++, Python.
• Solid knowledge of computer fundamentals, in-depth understanding of data structures, algorithms, and operating systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent logical thinking and analytical skills, able to make reasonable abstraction and layered design for business systems
• Strong desire to learn, excellent learning and communication skills

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.

By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to our global applicant privacy policy, which may be accessed here: https://careers.tiktok.com/legal/privacy.

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at [email protected]

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