DevSecOps Engineer – AI Security & CI/CD

TikTok Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and personal time

Job summary

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer in San Jose, CA, to embed security into software architectures and CI/CD pipelines. You will automate review workflows, assess technical obligations, and perform pre-production inspections across code and deployment processes.

Join a mission-driven team focusing on engineering-led security, with on-site collaboration and a strong emphasis on documenting findings and improving security controls across modern platforms.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, and debug code (Python/Go/Java/C++).
• Experience integrating security into SDLC and CI/CD.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, web architectures, and build environments.
• Proficient with modern git workflows and ticketing/triage tools (Jira, Sonar).

Responsibilities

• Evaluate intake requests to determine applicable security obligations for products, features, AI models, and software changes.
• Conduct deep-dive technical reviews and code inspections of application source code, CI/CD pipelines, REST APIs, secrets management, and software supply chains.
• Inspect and validate AI agent-harness safeguards and runtime packages against security baselines.
• Apply standard security review frameworks to ensure software meets core security standards before launch.
• Build, maintain, and execute automated scripts to streamline intake verification, triage workflows, and code analysis.
• Document technical findings, control validations, and identified security gaps clearly and precisely.
• Identify edge cases and unmapped risks during reviews and elevate them with complete documentation.

Skills

Code proficiency

CI/CD pipelines

SDLC knowledge

REST APIs understanding

Git workflows

Technical writing

Tools

Python

Go

Java

C++

Jira

Sonar

Job description

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer in San Jose, CA, to embed security into software architectures and CI/CD pipelines. You will automate review workflows, assess technical obligations, and perform pre-production inspections across code and deployment processes.

Join a mission-driven team focusing on engineering-led security, with on-site collaboration and a strong emphasis on documenting findings and improving security controls across modern platforms.