Senior Backend Engineer, Trust & Safety - Scale & Impact

TikTok; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 212,000 - 368,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time

Job summary

TikTok in Seattle is hiring a Senior Backend Software Engineer – Trust and Safety to design, build, and scale backend systems that protect users across platforms. You will work with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable features at scale in a high-growth environment.

You will apply network protocols, Unix/Linux, and Agile methodologies while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to a fast-paced engineering culture.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science or a related field with 2 years of experience; OR Bachelor's degree with 5 years of related experience.
• Experience designing software service architecture for high throughput and fault tolerance.
• Experience gathering requirements with cross-functional stakeholders and translating to technical terms.
• Experience maintaining and debugging software services.
• Experience with Agile software development lifecycle.
• Experience with network protocols and Unix/Linux operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, build, and maintain large-scale backend systems to enhance trust and safety across applications.
• Write documentation and collaborate across teams to deliver new features.
• Improve system design for high stability and performance of services.
• Provide solutions to support risk and response activities.
• Build and enhance user-facing features with a focus on performance and scalability.
• Mentor junior engineers and interns.

Skills

Software architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Performance optimization

Mentoring

Unix/Linux

Education

Master's degree in CS or related field

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Job description

TikTok in Seattle is hiring a Senior Backend Software Engineer – Trust and Safety to design, build, and scale backend systems that protect users across platforms. You will work with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable features at scale in a high-growth environment.

You will apply network protocols, Unix/Linux, and Agile methodologies while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to a fast-paced engineering culture.