Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, Content E-commerce

TikTok Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 218,000 - 388,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

TikTok Inc. in San Jose, CA, is seeking a skilled software engineer to build scalable fullstack solutions for content e-commerce.

You will work from frontend experiences to backend services, partnering with PMs and designers to translate requirements into high-quality solutions. Join a team building reliable APIs and collaborating across functions to drive product initiatives and improve performance and scalability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Experience building large-scale consumer-facing applications end-to-end with ownership across frontend and backend.
• Strong frontend skills in JavaScript/HTML/CSS, asynchronous programming, browser compatibility, and accessibility.
• Strong backend skills in Go or Java, including API design, service architecture, and performance optimization.
• Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases, caching systems, and messaging queues.

Responsibilities

• Build and deliver scalable fullstack solutions for content e-commerce from frontend to backend services.
• Partner with product managers and designers to translate requirements into high-quality technical solutions.
• Design and develop reliable APIs and services to support end-to-end product functionality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive key product initiatives and technical decisions.
• Improve system performance, scalability, and reliability across the product lifecycle.

Skills

Frontend development

JavaScript

HTML/CSS

React

Vue.js

Angular

Go

Java

API design

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline

Tools

SQL

NoSQL

Caching

Messaging queues

Job description

Responsibilities

Global e-commerce is a content e-commerce business with international short video products as the carrier. It is committed to becoming the first choice for users to discover and purchase good products at affordable prices. Global e-commerce business team hopes to provide users with more tailored and efficient consumption experience, enabling merchants to receive stable and reliable platform services in different scenarios such as live e-commerce, short video content e-commerce, so as to make more affordable and high-quality products sell easily and a better life within reach.

Content E-commerce is a global team responsible for building up the content ecosystem for E-commerce. We provide more highly qualified E-commerce content to customers to help them find good products at affordable prices. We attract more creators to land on the E-commerce platform, create more E-commerce related content and get benefits from their content. Also, we help merchants to find suitable creators to sell their products. Our mission is to build up an ecosystem which both customers and creators and merchants will benefit from.

Responsibilities

• Build and deliver scalable fullstack solutions for content e-commerce, from frontend experiences to backend services.
• Partner with product managers and designers to translate product requirements into high-quality technical solutions.
• Design and develop reliable APIs and services to support end-to-end product functionality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional and business teams to drive key product initiatives and technical decisions.
• Improve system performance, scalability, and reliability across the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
• Experience building large-scale consumer-facing applications end-to-end, with ownership across frontend, backend, scalability, and stability.
• Strong frontend engineering skills in JavaScript/HTML/CSS, with a deep understanding of asynchronous programming, browser compatibility, layout systems, and accessibility.
• Strong backend engineering skills in at least one mainstream language, preferably Go or Java, including API design, service architecture, and performance optimization.
• Solid understanding of data systems and distributed infrastructure, including relational and NoSQL databases, caching systems, and messaging queues.
• Strong understanding of web application architecture and modern frontend frameworks such as React, Vue, or Angular.
• Solid foundation in computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and system design.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-tier application architecture and the full product and software development lifecycle.
• Strong product ownership, self-motivation, adaptability, and creative problem-solving skills.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $218400 - $387600 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.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.