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Backend Engineer - TikTok ShortText Recommendation Architecture

TikTok

Backend Engineer - TikTok ShortText Recommendation Architecture

TikTok

Singapore

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On-site

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Full-time

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1mo ago

Benefits & Perks

401(k) matching

Generous paid time off and holidays

Professional development budget

Competitive salary and equity package

Learning

Equity

Required Skills

PostgreSQL

Node.js

React

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

Tik Tok will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Tik Tok's sponsorship of a visa.

About the team
Our Recommendation Architecture Team is responsible for building up and optimizing the architecture for recommendation system to provide the most stable and best experience for our Tik Tok users. We cover almost all short-text recommendation scenarios in Tik Tok, such as search suggestions, the video-related search bar, and comment entities. Our recommendation system supports personalized sorting for queries, optimizing the user experience and improving Tik Tok's search awareness.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and maintain high performance online services for Tik Tok recommendation system;
  • Build extremely efficient and reliable data pipelines for candidates generation, profile generation, training examples generation, realtime online training, etc;
  • Build globalized large-scale recommendation system;
  • Design and develop high performance computing frameworks and storage systems.

Qualifications

  • Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in Computer Science, or related fields, with 3+ years of experience building scalable system;
  • Experience in programming, included but not limited to, the following programming languages: C, C++, Java or Golang;
  • Effective communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive;
  • Experienced in at least one area of the following areas: personalized recommendations, search engine, machine learning, distributed storage system, big data frameworks is a plus.

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Client-provided location(s): Singapore

Job ID: Tik Tok-7203541780855179580

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-01T20:05:44
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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