Software Engineer

**Job Summary**:
**Salary**
S$11,250 - S$22,500 / Monthly

**Job Type**

**Seniority**

Mid

**Years of Experience**
At least 4 years

**Tech Stacks**
Analytics Lucene Java Elasticsearch

**Responsibilities**

TikTok will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require TikTok's sponsorship of a visa.

**About TikTok**

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.

**Why Join Us**

Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.

Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.

To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.

At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.

Join us.

**Team Introduction**

The Cloud Search team is dedicated to providing a fully managed search service built on open-source technologies such as Elasticsearch and OpenSearch. The team delivers a reliable, easy-to-use and high-performance search engine for TikTok's various production workloads. We are looking for engineers who are passionate about search, analytics and distributed systems to join the team. Here we embrace a culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, openness, and problem-solving. You will experience the benefits of working in an environment that provides the support and mentorship to learn and grow as you need. We also encourage ownership and self-driven enthusiasm to work on various projects.

**What you will be doing**:
1. Responsible for the design and development of the search platform to fulfil the requirements of all product lines at TikTok;
2. Extend the capabilities of Elasticsearch/OpenSearch/Lucene to deliver a reliable and versatile search engine;
3. Troubleshoot problems that occur in the production environment;
4. Enhance the Elasticsearch/OpenSearch ecosystem such as building versatile data ingestion channels to provide an easy-to-use search service;
5. Optimize the search service with high throughput and low latency to meet various business goals;
6. Ensure the reliability and availability of the Elasticsearch/OpenSearch clusters with traffic governance and multi-datacenter disaster recovery capability;
7. Explore and find out the best engineering practices for various business scenarios.

**Qualifications**

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Strong programming fundamentals with excellent design and coding style, particularly in operating systems, data structures and networking;
- Familiar with Java, JVM, Lucene, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, analytics and distributed systems.

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Computer Science or related major, with at least 4 years of relevant experience;

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 creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.