TikTok

TikTok Shop - Customer Solutions Engineer, Apps and API

TikTok$115K — $198K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field
  • 3+ years in technical solution design or engineering, especially for e-commerce
  • Proficient in RESTful API design and debugging
  • Experience with e-commerce, ERP, OMS, PIM, or WMS integration is advantageous
  • Strong business acumen to transform business needs into technical solutions
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with diverse stakeholders
  • Adaptable learner in fast-paced, evolving technical environments

Responsibilities

  • Understand TikTok Shop API and design tailored integration solutions
  • Collaborate with merchants and technical teams for effective API implementation
  • Create and maintain solution architectures and best practice documentation
  • Evaluate feasibility of new product features and suggest optimizations
  • Work with product and engineering teams to tackle integration challenges
  • Provide technical consultation throughout pre-sales and post-sales phases
  • Promote TikTok Shop API integration at industry events and through community engagement

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match
  • Paid parental leave and disability coverage
  • Life insurance and well-being benefits
  • 10 paid holidays and 10 paid sick days per year
  • 17 days of Paid Personal Time, increasing with tenure
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

This Customer Solutions Engineer will be responsible for partnering with external clients such as ISVs and merchants, to better improve their experience in working with TikTok Shop. They will be responsible for understanding the TikTok Shop platform ecosystem, and continue to design integration solutions for varying business scenarios. Responsibilities - Gain deep understanding of TikTok Shop API capabilities and the platform ecosystem, and design integration solutions tailored to various business scenarios. - Collaborate with key merchants, ISVs, and partner technical teams to guide them through API integration implementation and performance optimization. - Develop and maintain standardized solution architectures, reference designs, and best practice documentation, and drive adoption internally and externally. - Evaluate integration feasibility for new product features, providing optimization recommendations to align platform capabilities with market needs. - Partner with product, engineering, and ecosystem teams to gather feedback, address integration challenges, and support API capability iterations. - Provide technical consultation during pre-sales and post-sales phases, including solution review, technical troubleshooting, and ensuring high-quality delivery. - Advocate TikTok Shop API integration solutions through industry events, partner training, and developer community engagement to drive adoption.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field. - 3+ years of experience in technical solution design, solution engineering, or pre-sales engineering, preferably in e-commerce platforms or SaaS products. - Proficiency in RESTful API design and debugging, with solid understanding of data structures and system architecture. - Experience integrating with e-commerce, ERP, OMS, PIM, or WMS systems is a strong plus. - Strong business acumen with the ability to translate complex business requirements into practical technical solutions. - Excellent cross-functional collaboration and client communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders. - Fast learner with the ability to adapt to new technologies and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Preferred Qualifications - Love content and enjoy shopping. - Experience in e-commerce merchandising platforms, seller onboarding tools, or buyer-seller matchmaking systems.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $115520 - $198360 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.
Learn more about TikTok
Size
1,750 employees
Industry
Founded
2012

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