Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimize scalable, fault-tolerant backend systems for critical payment services and AI applications.
- Build high-availability services, distributed scheduling, data processing, platform automation, monitoring, observability, alerting, incident response, and root-cause analysis capabilities.
- Analyze production incidents and new business features to plan long-term architectural improvements.
- Participate in shifts handling critical technical faults affecting payment-system services.
- Mentor interns on related subjects where applicable.
- Collaborate with payment product, risk, compliance, finance, SRE, and global engineering teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or above in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, or Software Engineering.
- Strong programming skills in one or more of Go, Java, C++, or Python.
- Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, operating systems, networking, and databases.
- Strong problem-solving, ownership, written communication, and presentation skills.
- Good cross-functional communication and collaboration skills.
- Preferred: experience with AI infrastructure, machine learning platforms, intelligent systems, payments, fintech, transaction platforms, banking integrations, financial infrastructure, distributed systems, backend architecture, service reliability, performance optimization, observability, SRE practices, incident management, or disaster recovery design.
Benefits
- Graduate opportunity with broad growth and complex engineering challenges.
- Singapore-based role with a 2027 start and onboarding commitment by the end of the year.
- Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and candidates may apply to a maximum of two company or affiliate positions globally.
About ByteDance
ByteDance is a global incubator of platforms at the cutting edge of commerce, content, entertainment and enterprise services - over 2.5bn people interact with ByteDance products including TikTok. Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. We are committed to building a safe, healthy and positive online environment for all our users. We have over 110,000 employees based in more than 30 countries globally. Join us.