Senior Security Engineer - Application/Product Security

TikTok; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 177,688 - 341,734; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan with company match

Paid parental leave

Job summary

A leading tech company is seeking a Senior Security Engineer for their Seattle office. This role involves building infrastructures to protect users and products, ensuring applications meet high security and privacy standards, and reviewing designs for security issues. Qualified candidates will possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and at least 5 years of security engineering experience. Strong experience in programming languages such as JavaScript or Python is essential. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 5 years of security engineering experience, including design review and security tooling development.
• Advanced knowledge of web application security and applied cryptography.
• Solid experience in writing and reviewing code in at least one programming language.

Responsibilities

• Build infrastructures and platforms to protect user data and products.
• Ensure applications meet the highest security and privacy standards.
• Review system designs and existing services from a security perspective.

Skills

Security engineering

Threat modeling

Problem-solving

Debugging

Privacy engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

JavaScript (Node JS)

Go

Python

Java

C++

Rust

Job description

Senior Security Engineer - Application/Product Security

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Responsibilities

• Team Introduction: The team is missioned to build infrastructures, platforms and technologies, as well as to support cross-functional teams to protect our users, products and infrastructures. In this team you'll have a unique opportunity to have first‑hand exposure to the strategy of the company in key security initiatives, especially in building scalable and secure‑by‑design systems and solutions. Our challenges are not your regular day‑to‑day technical problems; you'll be part of a team that's developing new solutions to new challenges of a kind not previously addressed by big tech. It’s working fast, at scale, and we’re making a difference.
• Ensure that our applications are designed and implemented to the highest security and privacy standards, thus maintaining and enhancing user trust.
• Review and analyze design, architectures, existing systems, services, operating systems, networks and applications from a security perspective via black‑box testing, code reviews, automation, threat modeling and research.
• Discover security issues that appear under new threat scenarios, support incident response, forensics, remediation in a cross‑functional environment driving toward incident resolution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other relevant majors.
• 5 years of security engineering experience such as design review, threat modeling, security mitigation development, security tooling development or privacy engineering.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding in various disciplines: web application security, mobile app security, network security, operating system internals and hardening, applied cryptography, cloud computing. You are expected to be an expert in at least one of these areas.
• Solid experience in writing and reviewing code in at least one of the following programming languages: JavaScript (Node JS), Go, Python, Java, C++, Rust.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and excellent debugging/troubleshooting skills.

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short‑form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok’s global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

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 toward every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make an 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.

TikTok Accommodation

TikTok 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/RA-request

Job Information

Compensation (annually): $177,688 - $341,734. 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 of 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: Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

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

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Technology, Information and Internet

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