TikTok Shop - Product Architect, Ecommerce Product

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The e-commerce industry has seen tremendous growth in recent years and has become a hotly contested space amongst leading Internet companies, and its future growth cannot be underestimated. With millions of loyal users globally, we believe TikTok is an ideal platform to deliver a brand new and better e-commerce experience to our users. We aim to bring discovery, inspiration, and joy back to shopping by making TikTok the commerce channel of choice for merchants, creators, and affiliates.With millions of loyal users globally, we believe TikTok is an ideal platform to deliver a brand new and better e-commerce experience to our users. We are looking for passionate and talented people to join our product and operations team, to build an e-commerce ecosystem that is innovative, secure and intuitive for our users and brands.

About the team

The Global Commerce Product Team shapes the future of the TikTok commerce platform. We aim to become an all-in-one platform, for businesses, creators and users to trust each other, to create value for each other, to inspire creativity and bring joy to each other. Our long-term goal is to help businesses grow on our platform by enhancing our platform capability, nurturing best-in-class commercial content. This product architect will drive technical and product vision for TikTok Shop, building scalable solutions and driving results for the future of TikTok Shop.

Responsibilities

• Defining the strategy, vision and architecture for how Tiktok Shop Product supports global merchants and customers.
• Work with cross functional teams including product managers, researchers, content designers, DS, UG and engineers to contribute to high-level strategic decisions, envision and execute impactful product experiences globally.
• Communicate technology and product strategy effectively to all internal and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Provide technical architectural guidance and recommendations necessary for all ecommerce product.
• Create and deliver a technology roadmap supporting the ecommerce product organization, ensuring continuity and uniformity across all internal systems.
• Lead large scale projects from 0-1, managing uncertainty and ambiguity, ensuring we're shipping meaningful and quality experiences.
• Lead and design complex and large scale technical solutions for ecommerce initiatives for Sellers, Creators, Governance and Policy, etc product teams.
• Regularly give and receive feedback on product architectural designs and strategic product decisions.
• Act as a mentor and leader across the product team.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years' experience in software engineering.
• A minimum of 5 years' experience in product management.
• Deep understanding of current best practices and trends in software architecture and data infrastructure.
• Previous experience with writing high performance code for Frontend and Backend (JavaScript, React, Golang, Python, etc.)
• Strong understanding of end-to-end ecommerce ecosystem.
• Great communication skills to be able to articulate your concepts, vision and decision-making.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders across the org.
• Ability to rapidly iterate and produce multiple product improvement suggestions.
• Experience with a/b testing and data driven practice.
• Results oriented and resilient. Ability to function within a startup culture which celebrates efficiency and driving impact.
• A passion and enthusiasm for TikTok and its community.

Preferred Qualifications

• Have had leadership experience supporting multiple businesses and product verticals
• Have global working experience and can drive projects and build influence in a global environment.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2

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Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $225720 - $485184 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.

Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. 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.