Backend Software Engineer (Wallet) - TikTok - 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

With the enormous growth of live streaming in recent years, our mission is to inspire real-time interactions and help live streamers connect to people from all corners of the globe.
We are looking for passionate and talented engineers to join us to build and optimize a real-time, high-performance, large-scale distributed infrastructure for live streaming in TikTok. You will be deeply involved in the developmental lifecycle of critical product features and collaborate closely with product managers to deliver the best live streaming experience for all live streamers and audience alike.

Responsibilities:
1. Collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams to continuously improve TikTok Wallet and payment system to create a stable, agile and robust in-app wallet system
2. Improve system design and architecture to ensure high stability, performance and reliability of the product.
3. Develop large-scale software systems that powers TikTok app.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications
1. BS/MS Degree in Computer Science or related major.
2. Experienced in building backend services for large-scale consumer-facing applications.
3. Proficient in at least one of the following languages: Go, Python, Java, C++.
4. Deep understanding of computer architectures, data structures and algorithms.
5. Have good team communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualification
1. Minimum 3 years relevant work experience from a large-scale internet business

About this role

Summary

Build and optimize large-scale, high-performance backend systems for TikTok live streaming and wallet.

Job title

Backend Software Engineer (Wallet) - TikTok

Experience level

3+ years

Minimum experience

3+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Singapore, on-site preferred, remote possible

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

GoPythonJavaC++computer architecturesdata structuresalgorithms

Preferred skills

large-scale internet applicationsteam collaboration

Specializations

backenddistributed systemspayment systemslarge-scale systemsreal-time
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Singapore

On-site City

Singapore

Remote City