Full Job Description
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.
