Backend Software Engineer - TikTok Shop (Supply Chain and Logistics)

Responsibilities

About the team
TikTok Shop is a content e-commerce business with international short video product as the carrier. It is committed to becoming the first choice for users to discover and purchase good products with affordable prices. TikTok Shop hopes to provide users with more tailored and efficient consumption experience, enabling merchants to receive reliable platform services in different scenarios such as live e-commerce, short video content e-commerce, so as to make more affordable and high-quality products sell easily and a better life within reach.

The global supply chain and logistics team is at the forefront of revolutionizing e-commerce, powering the entire lifecycle of goods on our platform. From sourcing top-quality sellers and products to sparking interest sales and ensuring seamless fulfillment and delivery, we are crafting a cutting-edge digital supply chain solution that delivers unparalleled efficiency, collaboration, and management across multiple industries and roles.

Our vision extends beyond the digital realm, as we build and optimise offline logistics capabilities, including state-of-the-art warehouses, streamlined customs processes, robust transportation networks, and efficient distribution systems. By integrating advanced data intelligence, smart equipment, and innovative operational strategies, we empower merchants with enhanced logistics capabilities, guaranteeing reliable fulfilment and elevating the consumer experience on our platform. Our technology also helps our third-party logistics partners improve their operations, ensuring orders reach our customers faster and cheaper, and reducing fault tolerance throughout an order's journey from seller to buyer.

Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the research and development & architecture of TikTok Shop logistics system, to provide efficient and intelligent solutions for TikTok Shop.
- Design a system model and business architecture that meets international business needs and has scalability based on business characteristics and industry best practices.
- Provide effective solutions for technical problems such as high concurrency and performance bottlenecks in the business process.
- Maintain the quality and stability of the system, and guide engineers at all levels to continuously optimise various technical indicators of the system.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Programming & System Analysis, Science (Computer Studies) or related discipline.
- Candidate should have at least 5 years of experience in at least one mainstream programming language such as Java/Golang/C++, and related technology stacks.
- Familiar with commonly used middleware, such as message queues, caches, scheduled tasks, etc., and understand the principles of middleware.
- Possess certain experience in architecture design and implementation, and have a good accumulation in high-availability, high-performance, and high-scalability architectures.
- Deeply understand the related theories of distributed systems, such as load balancing, distributed transactions, CAP/BASE, etc.

Preferred Qualification:
- Have led the design or reconstruction of medium and large complex systems, experience in e-commerce and logistics/transportation/delivery technology related fields.