Senior Backend Software Engineer, Global E-commerce, Seller Business - Agency

Responsibilities

The Global E-commerce, Seller Business team plays a critical role in driving the success of our Global E-commerce platform. We are dedicated to building and nurturing a thriving ecosystem of local and abroad sellers who bring diverse products, brands, and innovations to our marketplace on TikTok.

The team is focused on building scalable platforms and services that support the growth and success of merchants, creators, and business partners within a global e-commerce ecosystem. We develop systems that improve operational efficiency, strengthen collaboration between ecosystem participants, and enhance the overall platform experience.

Responsibilities:
- Lead the technical design and development of scalable backend systems supporting agency and merchant ecosystem growth initiatives.
- Drive platform reliability and product experience improvements through monitoring, alerting, operational tooling, and performance optimization.
- Architect and evolve systems supporting merchant enablement, agency collaboration, and large-scale matchmaking capabilities across the platform ecosystem.
- Partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders across governance, seller operations, financial systems, and platform infrastructure teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Contribute to long-term platform strategy, technical roadmap planning, and architecture evolution for complex e-commerce business domains.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Proficiency in backend software development using Go and/or Java, with strong coding fundamentals and software engineering best practices.
- Experience designing and building scalable distributed systems, asynchronous services, and high-concurrency applications.
- Strong understanding of data systems and database technologies, including relational databases, Elasticsearch, Hive, or similar large-scale data platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to optimize system performance, data models, and service reliability in complex production environments.
- Experience leading system design and architectural planning for large-scale platforms and business-critical systems.
- Ability to abstract complex business problems into scalable technical solutions and drive long-term platform evolution.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to partner cross-functionally and align technical solutions to business goals, operational workflows, and user experience needs.

Preferred Qualifications:
- E-commerce industry experience is preferred.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $202160 - $368220 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.