Backend Engineer - Global Payment - San Jose

The Backend Engineer for Global Payment at ByteDance will design and develop global payment systems, including account membership, merchant services, and wallet products. This role involves analyzing business scenarios, optimizing system architecture for high concurrency and reliability, and driving technical innovation to support rapid business growth and ensure secure payment experiences on platforms like TikTok.

Must Have

• Participate in the design and development of global payment systems.
• Take ownership of planning, architecture design, business requirement delivery, and business growth.
• Conduct in-depth business scenario analysis to identify payment pain points.
• Contribute to overall system architecture design, setup, and optimization.
• Enhance system performance and development efficiency.
• Safeguard online stability and fund security.
• Solid computer science fundamentals, proficiency in data structures and algorithms.
• Extensive coding and code review experience with strong coding practices.
• Proficient in at least one of Java, Python, Golang, C++, or PHP.
• Prior development experience in account membership, merchant services, wallet products, marketing, payments, transactions, or user growth systems.

Good to Have

• Strong self-motivation, communication skills, organizational skills, and team spirit.
• Fast learner with a strong sense of ownership and responsibility for products.
• Excellent communication skills and outstanding collaboration ability.

Perks & Benefits

• Day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Paid parental leave
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing benefits
• 10 paid holidays per year
• 10 paid sick days per year
• 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)

Responsibilities

About Global Payment The Global Payment team of ByteDance provides payment solutions - including payment acquisitions, disbursements, transaction monitoring, payment method management, foreign exchange conversion, accounting, reconciliations, and so on to ensure that our users have a smooth and secure payment experience on ByteDance platforms including TikTok.

1. Participate in the design and development of global payment systems, including account membership, merchant services, wallet products, and operational platforms. Take ownership of planning, architecture design, business requirement delivery, and business growth.

2. Conduct in-depth business scenario analysis to identify users’ payment pain points, leverage best practices in account membership, merchant services, wallet products, and operational platform design, and drive systematic product development to support rapid business growth.

3. Contribute to overall system architecture design, setup, and optimization. Enhance system performance and development efficiency to ensure high concurrency, reliability, maintainability, and scalability. Proactively address technical challenges during system iterations, safeguard online stability and fund security, and improve team productivity and delivery quality.

4. Maintain a strong end-to-end perspective and holistic system thinking. Identify shortcomings in existing systems, locate bottlenecks, and improve overall system performance and service stability.

5. Drive technical innovation and research to enable fast-paced business development and efficient product iteration.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Solid computer science fundamentals, with proficiency in data structures and algorithms, and the ability to apply them flexibly to real-world problems.
• Extensive coding and code review experience with strong coding practices. Proficient in at least one of the following: Java, Python, Golang, C++, or PHP.
• Prior development experience in relevant business areas (account membership, merchant services, wallet products) or in systems related to marketing, payments, transactions, or user growth.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong self-motivation, communication skills, organizational skills, and team spirit.
• Fast learner with a strong sense of ownership and responsibility for products. Excellent communication skills and outstanding collaboration ability.

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $136800 - $359720 annually.​

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.​

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).​

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.​

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:​

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:​

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;​

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and​

3. Exercising sound judgment.​