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Backend Software Engineer, Global E-Commerce Central Product Platform

TikTok
San Jose, California, US
$110K-$205K a year
Full-time

Responsibilities

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.

Find out more about the daily tasks, overall responsibilities, and required experience for this opportunity by scrolling down now.

Why Join Us : At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform.

We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes.

Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility.

Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.

Global e-commerce 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.

Global e-commerce business team hopes to provide users with more tailored, active and efficient consumption experience, enabling merchants to receive stable and 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.

Global e-commerce central platform team is a global team responsible for developing the fundamental product platforms and providing the overall technical solutions that power all of the global e-commerce business scenarios, including business globalization and the diversity in different industries.

We are committed to providing high-quality, high-extensibility and high-stability capabilities, ranging from the product center, to the check out / transaction / payment center, and then fulfillment / after-sales support.

Responsibilities :

  • Responsible for designing, implementing and delivering high-quality capabilities for global e-commerce business, including product, transaction, payment, fulfillment, after-sales etc.
  • Responsible for continuously improving the stability, scalability and quality of the existing services and architecture of central product systems.
  • Responsible for the investigation and implementation of new technologies related to e-commerce business.

Qualifications

  • Bachelors or higher degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
  • 2+ years experience developing highly scalable backend services and systems using at least one of Java / Golang / Python / C++.
  • Strong software programming capabilities, exhibits good code design and coding style.
  • Deep understanding of data structure, algorithm design and analysis, networking, data security and highly scalable systems design.
  • Curiosity towards new technology and outstanding ability to analyze and solve problems.
  • In depth knowledge of common databases and messaging frameworks like MySQL / Redis / Kafka etc.
  • Experience with E-Commerce or Monetization Products is preferred.
  • Excellent communication skills.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives.

Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach.

We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected].

Job Information : For Pay Transparency

For Pay Transparency

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $110000 - $205000 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.

Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees 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.
  • Dental, Vision, Short / Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans.
  • 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.
  • 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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