Senior Backend Engineer - Privacy by Design & Data Security

TikTok Inc.

San Jose (CA)

On-site

USD 218,000 - 480,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Paid holidays

Paid sick days

Paid personal time

Job summary

TikTok in San Jose, CA is seeking a software engineer for the Privacy & Security Online Infra group. You will design and build services to protect user data across large-scale systems, focusing on privacy by design and default.

You will work with cross-functional teams to implement anonymization, encryption, and data governance across data lifecycles, API gateways, storages, and queues, delivering robust privacy engineering platforms in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

Comprehensive understanding of computer principles, familiarity with server architecture, data structures and algorithms, and proficiency in at least one programming language.
Excellent understanding of business scenarios and requirements, with experience in designing rational technical solutions.
Solid communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Design and build services to protect user sensitive data with privacy design by default.
System design and functionality development of the privacy engineering frameworks and platforms.
Work on anonymization/pseudonymization/encryption technologies to preserve user privacy in data processing activities.
Work closely with PM and cross-functional teams to address technical challenges when applying solutions throughout our product suite.