Tech Lead, Global E-Commerce (Logistics)

Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.

Why Join Us:
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.

Join us.

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, agile and efficient consumption experience, enabling merchants to receive steady and 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 global supply chain and logistics team is at the forefront of revolutionizing e-commerce, powering the entire lifecycle of goods on our dynamic platform. From sourcing top-quality sellers and products to sparking interest sales and ensuring seamless fulfillment and delivery, we are crafting a cutting-edge digital supply chain solution that delivers unparalleled efficiency, collaboration, and management across multiple industries and roles.

Our vision extends beyond the digital realm, as we build and optimize offline logistics capabilities, including state-of-the-art warehouses, streamlined customs processes, robust transportation networks, and efficient distribution systems. By integrating advanced data intelligence, smart equipment, and innovative operational strategies, we empower merchants with enhanced logistics capabilities, guaranteeing reliable fulfilment and elevating the consumer experience on our platform. Our technology also helps our third-party logistics partners improve their operations, ensuring orders reach our customers faster and cheaper, and reducing fault tolerance throughout an order's journey from seller to buyer.

Responsibilities:
- Develop efficient, highly scalable and secured services to build/integrate logistics systems for domestic and global TikTok Shop E-commerce.
- Optimize backend systems and services for data security, modularity, computational efficiency and scalability.
- Deliver best-in-class engineering excellence practices across all product engineering disciplines.
- Oversee the acquisition and development of software systems in organisational units.
- Monitor the results and quality of the different software solutions and projects implemented in the organisation.
- Oversee the development of Proof-of-Concept/ solutions and provide technical expertise on the development of software and platform features, ensuring that appropriate security and risk factors are considered.

Qualifications

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 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.

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.

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