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Senior Backend Software Engineer, Global E-commerce, US Shelf Growth & Campaign - Global E-Commerce US

At TikTok - Seattle

Posted on Oct 17

Senior Backend Software Engineer, Global E-commerce, US Shelf Growth & Campaign - Global E-Commerce US

Seattle$207,480 – $368,220Posted 23 days ago

Responsibilities

Global E-commerce is a discovery-driven e-commerce business, working to become a destination for users to discover and buy good products at affordable prices. We build a shopping experience that feels tailored to each user, and a platform merchants can rely on across live and short-video commerce.

TikTok Shop is a more personalized way to shop, where joy, entertainment, and discovery meet. People engage directly with sellers and creators through shoppable videos and interactive livestreams, discovering and buying trending products without leaving the app. We want to be where people find innovative, unique, high-quality products from around the world, in an environment that stays safe and secure for sellers, creators, and users alike.

You will help redefine how people discover, search, and shop for the things they love, on a business expanding quickly across global markets.

Responsibilities:
- Strong backend experience with high-traffic online services, including API design, caching, feature flags, traffic control, monitoring, and launch safety.
- Experience working with recommendation, feed, ads, search, or e-commerce ranking systems; able to integrate Algo signals into online serving logic.
- Data-driven mindset with experience supporting A/B experiments, metric instrumentation, launch monitoring, and debugging CTR/GMV/CVR/stability changes.
- Good product sense for e-commerce scenarios.
- Strong ownership and communication; able to drive ambiguous projects end-to-end with PM, Algo, FE, QA, Design, Data, and regional business teams.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or above degree in Computer Science or related fields from accredited and reputable institutions.
- 7+ years of experience developing highly scalable backend services and systems using at least one of Java/Golang/Python/Scala/C++ programming languages.
- Experience in software programming capabilities, exhibits good code design and coding style.
- Experience in understanding data structure, algorithm design, analysis, and highly scalable systems design.
- Experience in product and business understanding, able to align product engineering directions to support current and future products and business.

Preferred Qualifications:
- E-commerce industry experience is preferred.
- Understanding of observability, reliability, and performance optimization for large-scale systems.
- Passion for programming, strong learning ability, intellectual curiosity, and a proactive mindset toward staying current with industry technologies.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $207480 - $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.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or above degree in Computer Science or related fields from accredited and reputable institutions.
- 7+ years of experience developing highly scalable backend services and systems using at least one of Java/Golang/Python/Scala/C++ programming languages.
- Experience in software programming capabilities, exhibits good code design and coding style.
- Experience in understanding data structure, algorithm design, analysis, and highly scalable systems design.
- Experience in product and business understanding, able to align product engineering directions to support current and future products and business.

Preferred Qualifications:
- E-commerce industry experience is preferred.
- Understanding of observability, reliability, and performance optimization for large-scale systems.
- Passion for programming, strong learning ability, intellectual curiosity, and a proactive mindset toward staying current with industry technologies.

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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