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TikTok

Senior Backend Software Engineer - Global E-Commerce Logistics

TikTok, San Jose, CA


Responsibilities

About the company:
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.

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. The logistics team is one of the core teams of the global e-commerce business, which is responsible for the selection of goods, procurement, warehousing, inventory management and other business modules. Global e-commerce logistics team aims to improve customer experience with logistics technology, empower the merchants to ease and expand their business worldwide with reliable and trustable fulfillment capabilities, so as to make more affordable and high-quality products sell easily and a better life within reach.

Responsibilities:
1. Responsible for the research and development & architecture of the international e-commerce logistics system, to provide efficient and intelligent solutions for international e-commerce
2. Design a system model and business architecture that meets international business needs and has scalability based on business characteristics and industry best practices
3. Provide effective solutions for technical problems such as high concurrency and performance bottlenecks in the business process
4. Maintain the quality and stability of the system, and guide engineers at all levels to continuously optimize various technical indicators of the system

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
1. BS/MS Degree in Computer Science or related major, 5 years of industry experience in a software development environment
2. Skilled coding ability, skilled use of at least one programming language such as Java/Golang/C++, and related technology stacks
3. Familiar with commonly used middleware, such as message queues, caches, scheduled tasks, etc., and understand the principles of middleware
4. Possess certain experience in architecture design and implementation, and have a good accumulation in high-availability, high-performance, and high-scalability architectures
5. Deeply understand the related theories of distributed systems, such as load balancing, distributed transactions, CAP/BASE, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:
1. Have led the design or reconstruction of medium and large complex systems, experience in e-commerce and retail related fields is preferred

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 in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2