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Backend Software Engineer - TikTok Search

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Backend Software Engineer - TikTok Search

TikTok

Singapore

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On-site

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Full-time

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1mo ago

Benefits & Perks

Flexible work arrangements

Team events and activities

Professional development budget

401(k) matching

Generous paid time off and holidays

Flexible Hours

Learning

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

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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:

  1. Product Development: Support fast iterations of Tik Tok Search business and further enable the product growth.
  2. Performance & Stability: Build a fast and robust Search product by keeping optimizing system performance and improving service stability.
  3. Search Engineering Infrastructure: Guarantee reasonable Search architecture governance to ensure that the overall system operates smoothly.
  4. Search offline processing: Construct a high freshness multi-media index and provide a reliable offline data support for Search Engine.
  5. Backend engineering team building, management and development.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

  • BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other relevant majors with minimum 3-5 years of experience

  • Excellent problem-analysis and -solving skills, have industry experience in building backend services for large-scale consumer-facing applications.

  • Good at coding, data structure and basic algorithm

  • Good team communication and collaboration skills.

  • Preferred Qualifications

  • Good understanding on how modern Search system is built or/and how modern Search product should be evolved.

  • Industry experience in building a consumer-facing Search product.

  • 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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About TikTok

TikTok

TikTok

Late Stage

A short-form video entertainment app and social network platform

10,001+

Employees

Los Angeles

Headquarters

$220B

Valuation

Reviews

3.1

3 reviews

Work Life Balance

1.5

Compensation

2.0

Culture

1.2

Career

1.8

Management

1.0

5%

Recommend to a Friend

Pros

Limited positive feedback available

Company size allows for potential opportunities

Technology platform experience

Cons

Mass layoffs and poor handling of terminations

Unprofessional management and HR behavior

Exposure to traumatic content without adequate support

Salary Ranges

52 data points

Junior/L3

Junior/L3 · Anti-Fraud Data Analyst

3 reports

$143,750

total / year

Base

$125,000

Stock

-

Bonus

-

$126,500

$163,300

Interview Experience

4 interviews

Difficulty

3.5

/ 5

Duration

21-35 weeks

Experience

Positive 0%

Neutral 25%

Negative 75%

Interview Process

1

Application Review

2

Recruiter Screen

3

Online Assessment

4

Technical Phone Screen

5

Onsite/Virtual Interviews

6

Team Matching

7

Offer

Common Questions

Coding/Algorithm

System Design

Behavioral/STAR

Technical Knowledge

Data Structures