Senior Backend Engineer, Global E-commerce (Seattle)

TikTok; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 193,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Backend Software Engineer for Global E-commerce, US Shelf Growth & Campaign in Seattle. This regular full-time role focuses on building high-traffic backend services, APIs, and scalable architecture to support live e-commerce activities and product discovery.

You will collaborate with PMs, engineers, data and regional teams, own feature delivery, and drive experiments, monitoring, and performance improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of backend experience with scalable services in Java/Golang/Python/Scala/C++.
• Strong code design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Ability to align product engineering with business goals.

Responsibilities

• Design APIs, caching, feature flags, traffic control, monitoring, and safe launches.
• Work with recommendation, feed, ads, search, or ranking systems; integrate signals into serving logic.
• Support A/B experiments, metrics, and debugging CTR/GMV/CVR/stability.
• Demonstrate strong product sense for e-commerce scenarios.
• Take ownership and drive ambiguous projects end-to-end with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Java

Golang

Python

Scala

C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

TikTok is seeking a Backend Software Engineer for Global E-commerce, US Shelf Growth & Campaign in Seattle. This regular full-time role focuses on building high-traffic backend services, APIs, and scalable architecture to support live e-commerce activities and product discovery.

You will collaborate with PMs, engineers, data and regional teams, own feature delivery, and drive experiments, monitoring, and performance improvements.