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Architecture Software Engineer - Multi Data Center

3 days ago Singapore

Responsibilities

The TikTok R&D team is committed to conducting R&D work for TikTok's business, building and maintaining industry-leading products. By joining us, you will have access to core business scenarios including user growth, social networking, live streaming, e-commerce C-end, content creation, and content consumption, supporting the rapid development of the product in the global market; you will also encounter technical challenges in areas such as service architecture and basic technologies, ensuring that the business continues to serve users with high quality, efficiency, and security; at the same time, you will provide comprehensive technical solutions for different business scenarios, optimizing various product indicators and user experience. Here, there are top experts leading the team to continuously explore the frontier and break through the boundaries of imagination. Here, every line of code you write will serve hundreds of millions of users.

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1. Design, develop, and evolve key fundamental technologies for TikTok's automated data center building, targeting TikTok's backend systems under a multi-data center architecture;
2. Build user-friendly, reliable platform-type products that can solve actual business problems, enhance user experience, and improve platform stability;
3. From a global perspective, use technical means to address multi-data center challenges in the development of TikTok's business, realize and promote multi-data center-friendly business architectures and infrastructure, and solve issues such as multi-data center resource allocation, traffic distribution, disaster tolerance construction, and cost optimization;
4. Promote the implementation and application of cutting-edge automated data center building technologies in the industry at TikTok, drive the application and empowerment of SOTA AI technologies in TikTok's multi-data center construction and business operation and maintenance, precipitate relevant technical specifications, tools, and best practices, and enhance the team's technical influence;
5. With good project management, communication and collaboration capabilities, be responsible for/participate in key cross-team projects.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
1. Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in computer science, software engineering, communications, or related fields, and familiar with common data structures and algorithms;
2. Proficiency in one or more programming languages (such as Java / Golang / Python), with good coding habits and code style;
3. Proficiency in one or more databases, message middleware, and frameworks, and understanding of their basic implementation principles and application scenarios;
4. Experience in distributed system research and development, understanding of technical challenges under microservice architecture, and familiarity with common business architecture design paradigms;
5. Good sense of data, with good business understanding and abstraction abilities, and good at analyzing and solving problems;
6. Good team collaboration and communication skills, positive and optimistic attitude, strong sense of responsibility and self-drive;

Preferred Qualification:
1. Good at using AI technologies such as AI coding and personal agents to improve work efficiency, and having own thoughts on AI platform and product design;
2. Understanding of business construction, operation and maintenance, and migration in multi-data centers;
3. Understanding of business unitized architecture and disaster tolerant architecture construction;

Client-provided location(s): Singapore
Job ID: TikTok-7621760221770385669
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2026-03-27T20:51:07

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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