About TikTok
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.
About the Team
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.
The Global E-Commerce Commercial Platform Frontend team is mainly responsible for platform products and data products for merchants, operations and partners. At the same time, it serves as a horizontal frontend infrastructure team to build frontend infrastructure capabilities, abstract business solutions for the business platform, and focus on improving R&D efficiency, R&D quality and user experience. Transnational scenarios also bring greater technical challenges. Our team is committed to creating greater business value from the ultimate localised experience in each country.
Responsibilities
- Developing and managing of Singapore's Global E-Commerce Frontend team (data products, CRM, product operations, technical solutions, etc.).
- Responsible for promoting and improving frontend solutions for the South East Asia market.
- Actively promote product improvement, including technology, User Experience, product, and other dimensions.
- Develop team technical plans, maintain the overall technical advancement of the frontend team, and provide relevant technical guidance.
- Responsible for daily team management, project advancement, and personnel development.
- 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
- Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Programming & System Analysis, Science (Computer Studies) or related discipline.
- At least 2+ years of experience managing or tech-leading a software engineering team.
- Candidate should have at least 5 years of experience in web frontend development.
- Have an understanding of the South East Asia market, experience in South East Asia technology solutions is preferred.
- Have an understanding of mainstream frontend frameworks (React/Vue, etc.), and have in-depth application of at least one of them.
- Have an understanding of the latest development of the web, be passionate about new technologies and excellent products.
- Have practical understanding and experience in achieving high performance, high availability, and excellent user experience for web applications.
- Have team spirit, optimistic and cheerful personality, strong adaptability, able to actively face pressure, possess good service awareness and cross-team communication and collaboration skills.
- Familiar with one of the server level languages (Node.js/Python/Java/Golang/PHP), with experience in server level development.
- Possess strong system design, engineering, and technical planning capabilities.
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.
