Backend Engineer, Global Live (Service Architecture), Singapore

About TikTok TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo. Why Join Us Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect - and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an 'Always Day 1' mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
Responsibilities Our Key Problems To Solve, Under the strict Compliance requirements, how to construct Global Live platform with Stability, better Performance (Low-Latency and High-Concurrency), Resilience and Efficiency.
Our Major Objectives are, Ensure Global Live to meet compliance requirements, and promote cross-team architecture governance. Build Global Live architecture with stability, low-latency and resilience to support long-term business development Optimize end-to-end stability and engineering efficiency
Responsibilities In-depth analysis of the Global Live streaming business and tech architecture, identify potential risks and probable evolution based on business development direction and to form solution Improve System quality and engineering efficiency Optimize standard operating procedure and standards Be Involved in researching and developing basic services, implementing high qualified throughput and consistency under complex global distributed scenarios Minimum Qualifications BS/MS Degree in Computer Science or related major, deep understanding of computer architecture, data structures and algorithms, in depth knowledge of common databases Experience in an Internet company, familiar with microservice architecture design Deep understanding of software design pattern Proficient in at least one of the following languages: Go, Python, Java, C++ Large scale client-facing industry project development experience
Preferred Qualification Extensive experience in high scalable, highly available, distributed and mission-critical systems.