Join us.

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. Our product engineering team is responsible for building an e-commerce ecosystem that is innovative, secure and intuitive for our users. We are looking for passionate and talented people to join us as we drive the future of e-commerce here at TikTok.

Responsibilities:
We're looking for experienced architects to join our Open Ecosystem team and help our global merchants and partners to grow their business. You will lead the effort of building an influential platform from scratch and you will solve the end to end OpenAPI-driven ecommerce domains, like order and fulfillment, merchandise, promotion, live and affiliate, IM and CRM, etc. You will be challenged by complex sets of business and technical challenges as you leverage a broad range of technical disciplines and cross-team collaboration to ensure success for our clients and to unlock the potential provided by our e-commerce platform capabilities.

As a Senior Solution Architect, you will:
- Be the principal owner for the development and delivery of end to end OpenAPI-based integrated solutions, like order and fulfillment, merchandise, promotion, live and affiliate, IM and CRM, etc.
- Provide architectural design, Roadmap planning for Open ecosystem platforms, such as integration with top global e-commerce sites like Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Channel Advisor, Shopify, etc
- Provide architectural design, Roadmap planning and execution for scalability, availability, capital loss prevention of the platform.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams and key account merchants to support the business.
- Be the single point of contact for the owned domain.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years experience of production coding experience, or xx+ years of technical solutions architecture experience
- Familiar with one or more general-purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Python, Go, Java, C/C++.
- Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Ability to collaborate across different functional teams or stakeholder groups internally and externally.
- Demonstrated knowledge of open platform APIs and backend systems design.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experienced backend architect with 5+ years of experience in e-commerce or related areas.
- Possess rich e-commerce industry experience, or able to quickly develop a solid understanding of the e-commerce business.
- Highly self-driven with strong people skills, and able to collaborate with a wide range of clients and internal partners to independently identify and address key issues and optimization opportunities.
- Creative problem solver who can thrive with minimal instruction or supervision.

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

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $212000 - $389000 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.