
Leading short-form video platform
Backend Software Engineer - TikTok Search
Benefits and perks
•Flexible Hours
•Learning Budget
Required skills
React
JavaScript
PostgreSQL
About Us
Tik Tok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video and our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.
Size: 5001-10000 employees
Industry: Entertainment & Gaming, Social Media, Technology
Responsibilities
Our team is responsible for providing Tik Tok search users with first-class search experience by building a strong and robust infrastructure and platform to support product fast iteration and key feature development. In our team, you'll have the opportunity to take part in developing the key features on Tik Tok Search, understand how Tik Tok Search could be evolved to be a multi-billion-user product and first-handed experience how user request varies on this giant from time to time. We encourage a culture of self-driven, intellectual curiosity, openness and problem-solving.
Detailed responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Product Development: Support fast iterations of Tik Tok Search business and further enable the product growth.
- Performance & Stability: Build a fast and robust Search product by keeping optimizing system performance and improving service stability.
- Search Engineering Infrastructure: Guarantee reasonable Search architecture governance to ensure that the overall system operates smoothly.
- Search offline processing: Construct a high freshness multi-media index and provide a reliable offline data support for Search Engine.
- Backend engineering team building, management and development.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
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BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other relevant majors with minimum 3-5 years of experience
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Excellent problem-analysis and -solving skills, have industry experience in building backend services for large-scale consumer-facing applications.
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Good at coding, data structure and basic algorithm
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Good team communication and collaboration skills.
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Preferred Qualifications
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Good understanding on how modern Search system is built or/and how modern Search product should be evolved.
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Industry experience in building a consumer-facing Search product.
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Experience in building a medium-size backend technical team from scratch.
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Client-provided location(s): Singapore
Job ID: Tik Tok-7188026463399151930
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-01-21T00:51:24
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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- HSA
- Life Insurance
- Fitness Subsidies
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- On-Site Gym
- Mental Health Benefits
- Virtual Fitness Classes
Parental Benefits
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Casual Dress
- Snacks
- Pet-friendly Office
- Happy Hours
- Some Meals Provided
- Company Outings
- On-Site Cafeteria
- Holiday Events
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Performance Bonus
- Company Equity
Professional Development
- Promote From Within
- Access to Online Courses
- Leadership Training Program
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
- Mentor Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
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TikTok
Late StageWhile TikTok remains accessible to civilians in most countries and regions, a minority — including India, Iran, China, and Afghanistan — have imposed nationwide bans. In the United States, legislation providing for a full ban was enacted but not implemented because of a restructure of U.S.
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