Graduate Application Security Engineer – Secure by Design

Collaw; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok in Sydney is seeking a graduate security engineer to join a fast-moving team building scalable, secure-by-design systems. You will work on security features across applications, networks and cloud services, with hands-on opportunities in threat modeling, incident response, and security automation.

Successful candidates will have completed or are nearing a Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE or related field, with strong problem-solving abilities and a keen interest in security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE or related discipline.
• Hands-on security engineering experience via internships, projects, security research, or CTFs.
• Strong fundamentals in application, network, or cloud security; depth in at least one area.
• Proficiency in coding languages: JavaScript/Node.js, Go, Python, Java, C++, or Rust.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure applications are designed and implemented to the highest security and privacy standards, maintaining user trust.
• Review and analyze designs, architectures, systems, and networks from a security perspective via testing, code reviews, automation, threat modeling, and research.
• Discover security issues in new threat scenarios and support incident response and remediation in a cross-functional environment.

Skills

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE

Security engineering

Application security fundamentals

Programming languages: JS/Node.js

Problem-solving & debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering

Job description

TikTok in Sydney is seeking a graduate security engineer to join a fast-moving team building scalable, secure-by-design systems. You will work on security features across applications, networks and cloud services, with hands-on opportunities in threat modeling, incident response, and security automation.

Successful candidates will have completed or are nearing a Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE or related field, with strong problem-solving abilities and a keen interest in security.