Software Engineer Graduate (Privacy & Security, Online Infra) - 2025 Start (BS/MS)

Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, 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.

As a part of TikTok Privacy & Security group, the mission of DLM-Online Infra team is to ensure responsible data practices across TikTok and meet privacy commitments made to regulators and end-users in online system.

The team provides solutions for privacy management in data lifecycle, including data collection and sharing, purpose limitation, data understanding etc.

We are dealing with an ecosystem that includes tens of thousands of online services and databases in global data centers, managing billions of users' data worldwide.

To meet our commitment, we are building a world-class privacy aware infrastructure that spans all data lifecycle stages across various online environments, including API gateways, micro-services, storages, and message queues.

Furthermore, we are developing data understanding services to support data governance projects in an event-driven manner.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2025. As a graduate, you will get unparalleled opportunities for you to kickstart your career, pursue bold ideas and explore limitless growth opportunities.

Co-create a future driven by your inspiration with TikTok.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2025.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply as early as possible.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Online Assessment

Candidates who pass resume evaluation will be invited to participate in TikTok's technical online assessment in HackerRank.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the architecture design and implementation of privacy services and platforms, responsible for the core code development and optimization.
• Participate in the formulation of code and R&D specifications, and build a privacy-friendly business R&D framework to improve engineering efficiency and quality.
• Assist the team in overcoming technical difficulties in high concurrency, high traffic, reliability and performance, data transmission and isolation etc.
• Participate in technical research and introduce new technologies to drive business development.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Good understanding of computer principles, competent in the use of various data structures and algorithms, and proficiency in at least one programming language.
• Excellent logical thinking and analytical skills, able to make reasonable abstraction and layered design for business systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS / MS degree or above in Computer Science or equivalent majors / experience.
• Strong understanding of software development principles, capabilities, and familiarity with general server architecture.
• Experienced in designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems with high performance and stability.
• Experience in implementing privacy by design and default principles in backend systems.
• Passionate about building privacy-friendly apps and infrastructures, strong desire to learn and explore new domains. We are passionate about protecting user data privacy through various cutting-edge technologies!

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.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws.

If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https : / / shorturl.at / cdpT2