Backend Software Engineer Graduate (Trust and Safety Engineering) (Nov 2026)

Stmarkscollege; Australia; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking graduates to join its Trust and Safety engineering team, focusing on threat prevention and content moderation for international live streaming. You will work on safety processes, rule engines, and risk insight platforms to protect users worldwide.

Successful candidates will join a fast-paced, scale-driven environment with opportunities to pursue bold ideas and scalable systems development during to-end product work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or above.
• Proficiency in data structures and algorithms; at least one programming language (Python/Go/PHP/C++/Java).
• Graduates or recent graduates; onboarding by end of 2027.

Responsibilities

• Develop trust & safety systems and product functionalities for international live streaming products.
• Improve safety experience for a large number of international users with high-concurrency, high-stability systems.
• Analyze business requirements to address live streaming safety issues.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

C++

Data structures

Algorithms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Development/CS/Engineering

Job description

The Trust and Safety (TnS) engineering team is responsible for protecting our users from harmful content and abusive behaviours. With the continuous efforts of our trust and safety engineering team, TikTok can provide the best user experience and bring joy to everyone in the world. Our team is responsible for achieving goals by building content moderation process systems, rule engine, strategy systems, feature engine, human moderation platforms, risk insight systems and all kinds of supportive platforms across TnS organization.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2027. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at our Company.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2027. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the research and development of trust and safety related systems and product functionalities on international live streaming products, including but not limited to: safety process, user perception, review efficiency improvement, strategy platform construction, etc;
• Responsible for enhancing the safety experience of a large number of international live streaming users, and building high-concurrency, high-stability systems for higher daily active users;
• In-depth exploration and analysis of business requirements and products to find solutions for live streaming safety issues.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Individuals who are completing or have recently completed a Bachelor’s or above degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Proficiency in designing data structures, building algorithms, and at least one programming language: python / go / php / c++ / java.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Have excellent problem analysis and driving ability, good at thinking about the underlying causes of problems, and adept at summarizing and concluding;
• Great communication and teamwork skills;
• Good teamwork, communication skills, and service awareness, proactive and optimistic, strong sense of responsibility and self-motivation.

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