Backend Software Engineer – TikTok Shop Europe

About the role

Join TikTok's Global E‑Commerce team as a Backend Software Engineer focused on the European market. You will help build and scale the core systems that power merchant, product, and service‑provider experiences across TikTok Shop.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable backend services for B‑side business systems, including merchant growth, product catalog, and service‑provider platforms.
• Own the architecture and business‑logic abstraction for a specific functional module, applying industry best practices.
• Ensure system stability through multi‑data‑center scheduling, disaster‑recovery planning, loss prevention, and performance monitoring.
• Analyze business data, identify capacity bottlenecks, and implement solutions to improve user experience.
• Collaborate with product, operations, and global R&D teams to define requirements and deliver features.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven experience building highly scalable backend services.
• Strong understanding of e‑commerce business processes and B‑side system development.
• Good teamwork and communication skills, with the ability to work across distributed teams.

Required skills

• Proficiency in at least one of the following languages: Java, Golang, Python, C++.
• Experience with server‑level system design and performance optimisation in high‑traffic, distributed environments (preferred).

What we offer

• Opportunity to shape a fast‑growing e‑commerce platform from the ground up.
• Collaboration with global product and engineering teams.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.