Backend Engineer - TikTok DataStore Sync (Singapore)

Singapore Until 8/21/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted May 5, 2026 Last posted May 5, 2026
Job description

Description

Team Introduction
The TikTok DataStore Sync Team is responsible for solving compliance, reliability, efficiency, and usability issues related to TikTok's DataStore sync in overseas multi DC environments. Our goal is to build an ideal architecture for TikTok's global data distribution. In this team, you will have the opportunity to develop cross compliance data transmission components that can transmit hundreds of millions of messages per second and thousands of GB flow, constantly facing challenges of high concurrency and throughput. If you are interested in this, then you are welcome to join.

Job Responsibilities
1. Participate in the research and development, architecture evolution, stability building, operation and maintenance of DES-MQ, TT-DTS and other products
2. Solving issues related to data transmission compliance, reliability, efficiency, and usability for TikTok in a global environment
3. Analyzed and researched industry-leading DataStore sync solutions, and built an idealized architecture suitable for TikTok's global data distribution

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications
1. Bachelor's degree or above in computer science or software engineering.
2. Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Java/Golang/Python, etc.) with good coding habits and style.
3. Familiar with common open-source distributed middleware and components such as MySQL, Redis, and message queues (MQ).
4. Understand the design principles of distributed system architecture, including but not limited to service-oriented, asynchronous, highly available, and scalable approaches.

Preferred Qualifications
1. Possess good teamwork and communication skills, be positive and optimistic, and demonstrate a strong sense of responsibility.
2. Preferable to have research and development experience in high-traffic and high-concurrency server systems.

About this role

Summary

Develop and maintain TikTok's global data distribution architecture and components

Job title

Backend Engineer - TikTok DataStore Sync

Experience level

none

Industry

software

Location requirements

Singapore, no remote work

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

programming Javaprogramming Golangprogramming PythonMySQLRedismessage queuesdistributed system architecture

Preferred skills

teamworkcommunicationhigh-traffic systemshigh-concurrency server systems

Specializations

distributed systemsmessage queueshigh concurrencyscalability
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Singapore

On-site City