Backend Software Engineer, Global E-Commerce Data Intelligence

Responsibilities

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

The e-commerce industry has seen tremendous growth in recent years and has become a hotly contested space amongst leading Internet companies.

With millions of loyal users globally, we believe TikTok is an ideal platform to deliver a brand new and better e-commerce experience to our users.

Our product engineering team is responsible for building an e-commerce ecosystem that is innovative, secure, and intuitive for our users.

We are looking for passionate and talented people to join us as we drive the future of e-commerce here at TikTok.

Responsibilities :

• Develop data insights capabilities for the global e-commerce platform, enabling users to extract actionable insights and intelligence from data to maximize their revenue potential and decision-making efficacy.
• Collaborate closely with product and data teams to evolve data-empowered capabilities in data visualization, operational analysis, intelligent diagnosis, product / strategy optimization, market intelligence, etc.
• Drive continuous improvements to engineering excellence and efficiency, lead research & development into key areas of optimizations for backend systems and services, including data security, systems architecture, and computational efficiency & scalability.
• Drive and shape the growth of a highly effective product engineering team, providing professional and technical leadership to support the professional growth of individual team members.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor or higher degree in Computer Science or related fields from accredited and reputable institutions.
• 2+ years experience developing highly scalable backend services and systems using at least one of Java / Golang / Python / Scala / C++.
• Strong software programming capabilities, exhibiting good code design and coding style.
• Deep understanding of data structure, algorithm design and analysis, networking, data security, and highly scalable systems design.
• In-depth knowledge of common databases and messaging frameworks like MySQL / Redis / Kafka etc.
• Exhibits strong product / business understanding, able to align product engineering directions to support current and future product and business evolutions.

Even Better if :

• Agile, quick self-learner, highly self-motivated with a strong sense of product ownership, and creative problem solver.
• Deeply passionate about software coding / development and building great mobile / web applications.
• Ability to lead independent research to solve complex technical problems.
• Good collaborator and team player, comfortable working in a fast-moving, culturally diverse, and globally distributed team environment.
• Professional level proficiency in written and spoken English, clear communicator, and open to receiving from and giving constructive feedback to the team.

Job Information :

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $129960 - $194750 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.

At ByteDance / TikTok our benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support ByteDancers to give their best in both work and life.

We offer the following benefits to eligible employees :

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match.

As well as Dental, Vision, Short / Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are : 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off(PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements.

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

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