TikTok

TikTok Shop - Forward Deployed Engineer, Apps and API

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
  • 3+ years in technical solution design or pre-sales engineering.
  • Proficient in RESTful API design and debugging.
  • Strong business acumen to translate complex requirements into technical solutions.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to manage multiple stakeholders.
  • Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Understand TikTok Shop API capabilities and design tailored integration solutions.
  • Collaborate with merchants and technical teams for API integration and performance optimization.
  • Develop standardized solution architectures and best practice documentation.
  • Evaluate new product features for integration feasibility and recommend optimizations.
  • Partner with product and engineering teams to address integration challenges.
  • Provide technical consultation during pre-sales and post-sales phases.
  • Promote TikTok Shop API integration solutions through community engagement and events.

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 wellbeing benefits.
  • Generous paid holiday, sick leave and personal time allocations.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

The e-Commerce industry has seen tremendous growth in recent years and has become a hotly contested space amongst leading Internet companies, and its future growth cannot be underestimated. 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. We aim to bring discovery, inspiration, and joy back to shopping by making TikTok the commerce channel of choice for merchants, creators, and affiliates.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. We are looking for passionate and talented people to join our product and operations team, to build an e-Commerce ecosystem that is innovative, secure and intuitive for our users and brands. This Forward Deployed 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 Qualification(s) - 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. - Proficiency in RESTful API design and debugging, with solid understanding of data structures and system architecture. - 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 Qualification(s) - Experience in e-Commerce platforms or SaaS products. - Experience integrating with e-commerce, ERP, OMS, PIM, or WMS systems is a strong plus. - 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.

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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