Backend Software Engineer - TikTok Shop (Europe)

Description

Global E-Commerce 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. 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 European E-Commerce team focuses on expanding e-commerce businesses in Europe and new markets. The team collaborates with product and operations teams to set key goals, develop independent product functions, and work with global R&D teams to create systems for European businesses. Building from the ground up, the team offers endless opportunities for growth, working on complex systems and fostering cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the technical research and development of various B-side business systems for Global E-Commerce European business, including but not limited to: merchant, product and service provider's growth and development etc.
- Be responsible for one of the fields/functional modules of the merchant/product/service provider, and complete the business logic abstraction and architecture design of the relevant system according to the business characteristics and industry best practices.
- Responsible for the stability construction of relevant systems, including but not limited to: global multi-data center scheduling, stability governance, loss prevention and control, disaster recovery downgrade, etc.
- Focus on business scenarios, pay attention to business data, understand the business and continuously break through the system capacity bottleneck to ensure user experience.
- Analyse user needs and develop software solutions, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
- Update software, enhances existing software capabilities, and develops and direct software testing and validation procedures.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Programming & System Analysis, Science (Computer Studies) or related discipline.
- Candidate should have at least 5 years of experience in developing highly scalable backend services and systems using at least one of Java/Golang/Python/C++.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in server level system design and performance optimisation in distributed high traffic scenarios is preferred.
- Have good teamwork and communication skills, and be able to have a good understanding of e-commerce business.
- Experience in e-commerce and global e-commerce business system development is preferred.
- Experience in B-side business systems is preferred.


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