Senior Backend Architect: Global E‑commerce Governance & IP

TikTok; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 368,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid parental leave

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a senior backend engineer to own design and architecture for product governance and IP protection services. You will lead end-to-end development of listing risk screening, brand protection platforms, and takedown workflows, collaborating with legal and policy teams.

The role requires guiding architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, and aligning tech roadmap with governance outcomes like SLA adherence and review efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years building highly scalable backend services and distributed systems.
• Proven technical leadership: leading complex projects end-to-end, driving architecture decisions, mentoring engineers.
• Able to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own solution design and system architecture for product governance and IPR services; write high-quality code for critical paths.
• Design and evolve IP protection systems end-to-end with rights-holder reporting and takedown workflows.
• Provide technical leadership across the team; drive design reviews and engineering standards.

Skills

Backend systems

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS or related field

Job description

TikTok is seeking a senior backend engineer to own design and architecture for product governance and IP protection services. You will lead end-to-end development of listing risk screening, brand protection platforms, and takedown workflows, collaborating with legal and policy teams.

The role requires guiding architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, and aligning tech roadmap with governance outcomes like SLA adherence and review efficiency.