Backend Engineer - TikTok E-commerce Search Architecture - Singapore

Singapore Until 8/21/2026 3+ years exp H-1B sponsor history First posted March 29, 2026 Last posted March 29, 2026
Job description

Description

About the team
Our Search Architecture Team is responsible for building up and optimizing the architecture for our Search Engine to provide the most stable and best experience for our TikTok Shop Search users.

This person will be responsible for the design and development of the global e-commerce search system architecture, ensuring system stability and high availability; responsible for online services, offline data flow performance optimization, solving performance bottlenecks, reducing costs and unlocking.

Responsibilities
- Responsible for the global e-commerce search system of TikTok and its affiliated products, and solve the architecture optimization problem of the search architecture system;
- Support the design and development of the global e-commerce search system , and the output core search capabilities of bytes and high-quality content to partners;
- Focus on Architecture abstraction and process optimization for search scenarios, support large-scale machine learning optimization;
- Focus on large-scale systems with high concurrency and high throughput, improve system stability, performance, and scalability;
- Research and development and optimization of core components, application and implementation of new technologies;
- Research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialised utility programs;
- Analyse user needs and develop software solutions, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis;
- Update software, enhances existing software capabilities, and develops and direct software testing and validation procedures;
- Work with computer hardware engineers to integrate hardware and software systems and develop specifications and performance requirements.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in Computer Science, or related fields, with 3+ years of experience building scalable systems;
- Experience in programming, included but not limited to, the following programming languages: C, C++, Java or Golang;
- Solid programming ability, excellent design and code style, enthusiastic about technical challenges;
- Effective communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive

Preferred Qualifications
- 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.

About this role

Summary

Develop and optimize scalable search system architecture for TikTok e-commerce.

Job title

Backend Engineer - TikTok E-commerce Search Architecture

Experience level

3+ years

Minimum experience

3+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Singapore, onsite role, no remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

CC++JavaGolangsystem scalability

Preferred skills

personalized recommendationssearch enginemachine learningdistributed storage systembig data frameworks

Specializations

search enginesystem architecturedistributed storagebig datamachine learning
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Singapore

On-site City