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Architecture Software Engineer - Multi Data Center

At TikTok - Singapore

Posted on Mar 27

Architecture Software Engineer - Multi Data Center

SingaporeScience and EngineeringPosted Mar 27, 2026

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.

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;

Responsibilities

Qualifications

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;

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video and our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

Size: 5,001 - 10,000 employees
Industry: Entertainment & Gaming

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Perks and Benefits

Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- HSA
- Life Insurance
- Fitness Subsidies
- On-Site Gym
- Long-Term Disability
- Short-Term Disability
- Virtual Fitness Classes
- Mental Health Benefits
Parental Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
- Fertility Benefits
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
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
Office Life and Perks
- Casual Dress
- Snacks
- On-Site Cafeteria
- Holiday Events
- Company Outings
- Some Meals Provided
- Happy Hours
- Pet-Friendly Office
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)