Backend Engineer, Privacy & Security

TikTok; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok seeks a Backend Software Engineer to join the Privacy and Security team. You will design, build, and maintain services that strengthen privacy across TikTok, collaborating with product and engineering to ensure technical privacy compliance.

You will also respond to privacy incidents, analyzing scope, root cause, and remediation steps. The role requires experience with backend services at scale and strong communication to work across teams while advancing privacy-first architectures.

Qualifications

• BS/MS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent majors with minimum 3 years of working experience.
• Experienced in building backend services for large-scale consumer-facing applications.
• Proficiency in at least one of the following languages: Go, C++, Python, Java.
• Deep understanding of computer architectures, data structures and algorithms.
• Good team communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain systems that enhance privacy across the TikTok.
• Work with engineering and product teams to ensure that TikTok is compliant with privacy laws and regulations from a technical perspective.
• Respond to privacy incidents, if they occur, including collecting information on scope and root cause as well as managing remediation.

Skills

Go

C++

Python

Java

Distributed systems

Team collaboration

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Job description

TikTok seeks a Backend Software Engineer to join the Privacy and Security team. You will design, build, and maintain services that strengthen privacy across TikTok, collaborating with product and engineering to ensure technical privacy compliance.

You will also respond to privacy incidents, analyzing scope, root cause, and remediation steps. The role requires experience with backend services at scale and strong communication to work across teams while advancing privacy-first architectures.