Growth Engineer (Fullstack) – Global E-commerce

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 317,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Annual bonus

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable systems that boost user growth and engagement. You will work with product managers and cross-functional partners, delivering reliable backend services, APIs, and data insights at scale, across multiple time zones.

Join a fast-growing team focused on experimentation, AI-assisted development tools, and delivering high-quality engineering outcomes with a strong emphasis on collaboration and impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of software development experience, with experience building scalable and reliable backend systems and working knowledge of frontend development.
• Proficiency in backend languages such as Java, Python, Go, or Node.js, and familiarity with modern frontend technologies.
• Experience with API design and development, including REST or GraphQL, microservices architecture, and frontend-backend integration.
• Experience with testing infrastructure, frameworks, or automated testing systems.
• Basic experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and familiarity with validating AI-generated code or solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend systems and features that support user acquisition, activation, engagement, and retention.
• Contribute to technical initiatives from design and implementation through testing, launch, monitoring, and continuous optimization, while ensuring system scalability, reliability, performance, and engineering quality.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and cross-functional partners to translate growth strategies and experimentation needs into reliable technical solutions, and contribute to technical design and architecture decisions.
• Develop data and insights capabilities that support analysis of user behavior, growth performance, campaign effectiveness, and product opportunities.

Skills

Backend development

API design

REST/GraphQL

Testing infrastructure

AI-assisted tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Java

Python

Go

Node.js

Job description

TikTok is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable systems that boost user growth and engagement. You will work with product managers and cross-functional partners, delivering reliable backend services, APIs, and data insights at scale, across multiple time zones.

Join a fast-growing team focused on experimentation, AI-assisted development tools, and delivering high-quality engineering outcomes with a strong emphasis on collaboration and impact.