Backend Engineer Intern (TikTok Shop - Europe) - 2027 Start

Description

About the team
TikTok Shop is a 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. TikTok Shop 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.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship. Our internship program offers students hands-on experience, industry exposure, and opportunities to apply their knowledge to real-world challenges while building a strong foundation for personal and professional growth.
Interns will gain practical experience, explore potential career paths, and participate in social events, learning programs, and development workshops alongside industry professionals.
Candidates may apply to a maximum of two positions across Our Company and its affiliates globally. Applications will be considered in the order they are submitted.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early. Please clearly state your availability in your resume, including your start and end dates.

Responsibilities:
-Architect and develop efficient, highly scalable and secured services;
-Optimise backend systems and services for data security, modularity, computational efficiency and scalability;
-Analyse business and technical requirements carefully to solve challenging problems;
-Participate in design reviews and code reviews;
-Collaborate with fellow engineers, product managers, and business owners in the team to ensure timely delivery of business requirements.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:
-Currently pursuing an Undergraduate or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline;
-Strong software programming capabilities, exhibits good code design and coding style;
-Familiarity with at least one of the programming languages: Go, Python, Java or C++;
-Pragmatic understanding of data structure, algorithm design and analysis, networking, data security, distributed system, and highly scalable systems design.

Preferred Qualifications:
-Agile, quick self learner, highly self-motivated with strong sense of product ownership and creative problem solver;
-Deeply passionate about software coding/development and building great mobile/web applications;
-Good collaborator and team player, comfortable working in a fast moving, culturally diverse and globally distributed team environment;
-Experienced in data engineering and familiar with online / offline data processing pipeline development.