Graduate Application Security Engineer – Platforms

Unitec; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a graduate Security Engineer to join our team focused on building scalable, secure-by-design systems. You’ll help protect users, products and infrastructures while gaining exposure to the company strategy in key security initiatives.

Successful candidates will be able to commit to onboarding by year-end and will have opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock growth within a fast-paced, global tech company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field.
• Hands-on security engineering experience via internships or projects.
• Strong fundamentals in web/mobile/network security and cryptography or cloud security.
• Proficiency in coding languages: JavaScript (Node.js), Go, Python, Java, C++, or Rust.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure applications meet high security and privacy standards to maintain user trust.
• Review and analyze design, architectures, systems from security perspective using testing, code reviews, threat modeling.
• Identify security issues under new threat scenarios; support incident response and remediation in cross-functional teams.

Skills

JavaScript (Node JS)

Go

Python

Java

C++

Rust

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related

Job description

TikTok is seeking a graduate Security Engineer to join our team focused on building scalable, secure-by-design systems. You’ll help protect users, products and infrastructures while gaining exposure to the company strategy in key security initiatives.

Successful candidates will be able to commit to onboarding by year-end and will have opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock growth within a fast-paced, global tech company.