Identity and Access Management Developer

TikTok Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 147,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Short/long-term disability and life保险

Wellbeing benefits

10 holidays per year

10 sick days per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time

Job summary

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is seeking an IAM Developer to design, operate, and optimize an IAM program protecting sensitive data. You’ll build scalable services using microservices, serverless patterns, REST, gRPC, and Python, while focusing on data pipelines and AI-enabled improvements.

You will collaborate with security, privacy, and engineering teams to deploy robust authentication, authorization, and governance solutions across the platform, with emphasis on performance and secure data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and 5+ years Python experience with multithreading/multiprocessing.
• 3+ years microservice development with FastAPI/REST or gRPC/Thrift.
• Experience with backend technologies, Docker, Kubernetes, and SQL databases like MySQL, Postgres; NoSQL like MongonDB/ElasticSearch.
• 3+ years of cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• 3+ years of Spark experience.
• Ability to learn new tools quickly and work in a multi-functional team.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot in-house applications for internal/external teams.
• Review legacy code and explore microservice options.
• Provide software engineering with REST, gRPC, FastAPI/Flask, Asyncio, Pytest, Pandas, Numpy, etc.
• Redesign modules with SQL/No-SQL and microservice frameworks.
• Optimize performance for fast, seamless user experience.
• Stay updated with new technologies and educate teams about possibilities.
• Define metrics and dashboards using in-house/external tools.
• Collaborate across business/technical teams to gather requirements.

Skills

Python

Multithreading

Microservices

REST/gRPC

Docker

Kubernetes

Spark

SQL/NoSQL

AWS/GCP/Azure

gRPC

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

FastAPI/Flask

Asyncio

Pytest

unittest

Pandas

Numpy

SQL/No-SQL

Job description

Responsibilities

The USDS Identity and Access Management Team is responsible for designing, operating and maintaining an IAM program with a mission to identify and protect sensitive data against unauthorized access, use and disclosure. We strive to establish secure and compliant processes around provisioning, deprovisioning and governance of access and usage of USDS data and infrastructure proactively identifying and reducing risks.

As an IAM Developer, you will work closely with a team of security and privacy team members, business operations partners, developers and cross-functional engineers to define and deliver solutions. You will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing advanced applications using Microservice and Serverless architecture, REST, gRPC, Python, Message Queue, Spark and SQL/No-SQL databases. You will also design and implement reusable, modular, and scalable services, classes or modules. In addition, you will analyze and optimize data pipeline performance, including data preparation, transformation and loading times, while introducing innovative intelligent solutions with AI and LLMs.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot in-house applications to serve internal and external teams
• Review existing legacy application code to determine re-usability and customization, including options for microservices
• Provides software engineering using frameworks and libraries such as REST, gRPC, FastAPI/Flask, Asyncio, Pytest, unittest, Pandas, Numpy, etc.
• Re-design application and data modules with SQL/No-SQL databases and Microservice framework
• Optimize performance to ensure a fast and seamless user experience
• Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and trends, and educate engineers and PMs about new product possibilities enabled by these new technologies
• Define metrics and create / maintain dashboards by integrating in-house / external dashboarding tools
• Collaborate cross-functionally with both business and technical teams to gather functional requirements for in-house and external technologies

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors' Degree in the field of computer science / engineering or industry equivalent work experience and 5+ years of working experience using Python and a good understanding of multithreading and multiprocessing
• 3+ years of microservice based development experience in Flast/FastAPI + REST or gRPC/Thrift with IDL and Serialization
• Demonstrable experience with backend technologies, containerization with docker, Kubenetes, and SQL databases like MySQL, Postgres or NoSQL databases like MongonDB, ElasticSearch
• 3+ years of working experience on one of cloud platforms, e.g. AWS, GCP or Azure
• 3+ years of working experience with Spark
• Ability to quickly learn and assimilate new tools/technologies and rapidly adapt and iterate
• Ability to collaborate in a multi-functional team environment with diverse backgrounds to meet strategic and tactical objectives as well as work independently as an individual contributor

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of working experience with one of Message Queue Systems, e.g. Kafka
• Experience with unit test frameworks e.g. pytest, unittest and adopting automated and manual test strategies to ensure product quality
• Working experience of Hive and HDFS will be a big plus
• Working experience for Golang will be a big plus
• Knowledge and working experience with Machine Learning/Deep Learning and LLM will be a big bonus

About USDS

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is dedicated to the safety and security of millions of Americans who create, discover, and connect with what they love on the apps we operate. The Joint Venture has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25, 2025. Our foundation is a comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity program we operate under defined safeguards to protect national security and secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm. We safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem, holding decision‑making authority for trust and safety policies and moderation. USDS Joint Venture helps ensure Americans can continue to express their creativity, discover new hobbies and interests, and build thriving communities and businesses on a global scale.

On‑site presence across teams allows the company to operate with greater speed, alignment, and agility — especially in areas like real‑time decision‑making, team development, and integrated execution. As such, the company is shifting from a hybrid work model to a fully in‑person schedule up to 5 days a week.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.

We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

USDS Reasonable Accommodation

USDS is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/USDS-RA

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $147200 - $269800 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
3. Exercising sound judgment.