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TikTok

Senior Backend Software Engineer - Global E-commerce, Supply Chain & Logistics

Jan 26, 2026• Seattle

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TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video and our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

★ 4.5 out of 5 · 6 reviews

  • Size: 10,000+ employees
  • Industry: Technology: Consumer Internet
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Why you should apply for a job to TikTok:

  • 4.5/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.5/5 in supportive management
  • 100% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 100% would recommend this company to other women
  • 100% say the CEO supports gender diversity

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Responsibilities

Global e-commerce is 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. Global e-commerce business team hopes to provide users with more tailored and efficient consumption experience, enabling merchants to receive 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.

The supply chain is one of the core team of the global e-commerce business, who are responsible for the selection of goods, procurement, warehousing, inventory management and other business modules. Global e-commerce supply chain team aims to improve customer experience with warehouse & supply chain 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:
- Responsible for the research and development & architecture of the international e-commerce supply chain, including but not limited to warehousing, inventory, suppliers and other systems, to provide efficient and intelligent supply chain solutions for international e-commerce.
- Design a system model and business architecture that meets international business needs and has scalability based on business characteristics and industry best practices.
- Provide effective solutions for technical problems such as high concurrency and performance bottlenecks in the business process.
- 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:
- BS/MS Degree in Computer Science or related major, 5 years of industry experience in a software development environment.
- Skilled coding ability, skilled use of at least one programming language such as Java/Golang/C++, and related technology stacks.
- Familiar with commonly used middleware, such as message queues, caches, scheduled tasks, etc., and understand the principles of middleware.
- Possess certain experience in architecture design and implementation, and have a good accumulation in high-availability, high-performance, and high-scalability architectures.
- Deeply understand the related theories of distributed systems, such as load balancing, distributed transactions, CAP/BASE, etc.
- Have led the design or reconstruction of medium and large complex systems.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in e-commerce and retail related fields is preferred.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $207480 - $368220 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.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Global e-commerce is 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. Global e-commerce business team hopes to provide users with more tailored and efficient consumption experience, enabling merchants to receive 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.

The supply chain is one of the core team of the global e-commerce business, who are responsible for the selection of goods, procurement, warehousing, inventory management and other business modules. Global e-commerce supply chain team aims to improve customer experience with warehouse & supply chain 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:
- Responsible for the research and development & architecture of the international e-commerce supply chain, including but not limited to warehousing, inventory, suppliers and other systems, to provide efficient and intelligent supply chain solutions for international e-commerce.
- Design a system model and business architecture that meets international business needs and has scalability based on business characteristics and industry best practices.
- Provide effective solutions for technical problems such as high concurrency and performance bottlenecks in the business process.
- Maintain the quality and stability of the system, and guide engineers at all levels to continuously optimize various technical indicators of the system.

Qualifications

Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in e-commerce and retail related fields is preferred.

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Additional Information

  • Salary: $207,480 – $368,220
  • Posted: Jan 26, 2026
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