TikTok

Backend Tech Lead, Content E-Commerce

TikTok$244K — $450K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience tech-leading a software engineering team
  • 5+ years of development experience in large-scale backend systems
  • Preferred experience in Internet live-streaming apps and e-commerce
  • Strong business acumen and technical learning abilities
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Responsibilities

  • Refine and enhance the Content E-commerce platform architecture for stability and scalability
  • Oversee project priorities and deliver quality architectural assets
  • Develop and maintain a technical plan addressing future challenges
  • Collaborate with Infra, SRE, and QA teams to align engineering efforts
  • Research and apply new technologies to enhance the content e-commerce experience
  • Lead and mentor the engineering team through hiring, training, and career development

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance available from day one
  • 401(k) savings plan with a company match
  • Paid parental leave and short/long-term disability coverage
  • Life insurance and wellbeing benefits
  • 10 paid holidays and 10 paid sick days annually
  • 17 days of Paid Personal Time with increasing accruals by tenure
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

About the team: 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 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. Content E-commerce is a global team responsible for building up the content ecosystem for E-commerce. We provide more highly qualified E-commerce content to customers to help them find good products at affordable prices. We attract more creators to land on the E-commerce platform, create more E-commerce related content and get benefits from their content. Also, we help merchants to find suitable creators to sell their products. Our mission is to build up an ecosystem which both customers and creators and merchants will benefit from. Responsibilities: - Lead the transformation toward AI-native engineering practices ("vibe coding"), redefining the development paradigm through deep integration of AI across the full software lifecycle. Drive a shift from traditional implementation-heavy workflows to intent-driven, AI-assisted development, including AI pair programming, intelligent test generation, automated code review, system diagnostics, and engineering knowledge copilots, fundamentally elevating R&D productivity and software quality. - Refine and optimize the core architecture of the Content E-commerce platform, ensuring a system that is highly available, scalable, and maintainable. Aim for the stability, security, and global adaptability of the platform. - Oversee project priorities, ensuring quality architectural deliverables. Drive technical initiatives from inception to full-scale deployment. - Strategically develop and maintain a comprehensive technical plan that anticipates future challenges, ensuring the platform remains at the forefront of the industry. Drive breakthroughs in business results through forward-thinking technical planning. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams such Infra, SRE, and QA to align and amplify the architectural vision and engineering roadmap. - Engage in and lead the research and application of new technologies relevant to the content e-commerce business. - Lead and mentor the engineering team by overseeing the hiring processes, nurturing career progression, and providing ongoing training and mentorship.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: - 2+ years tech-leading a software engineering team. - 5+ years of large scale backend system development experience. Preferred Qualifications: - Strong business understanding ability, strong technical learning and transfer ability, strong sense of responsibility, good communication and teamwork skills are preferred. - Experience in Internet live-streaming apps, and e-commerce is preferred.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $244800 - $450000 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.

About TikTok

TikTok is a social media app that allows users to create and share short videos. The app was launched in 2016 by Chinese tech company ByteDance. TikTok has become one of the most popular social media apps in the world, with over 1 billion active users. The app has been downloaded over 2 billion times worldwide. TikTok has faced controversy over its data privacy practices and its potential ties to the Chinese government. In 2020, the app faced a potential ban in the United States, but a deal was reached with Oracle and Walmart to create a new company called TikTok Global.
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Size
1,750 employees
Industry
Founded
2012

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