Sr. Software Engineer - Data Subject Rights - TikTok Privacy and Security

TikTok; San Jose (CA); Presencial; USD 218.000 - 480.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Parental leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Paid holidays

Paid sick days

Paid personal time

Resumo da vaga

TikTok Inc. in San Jose is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to design and evolve backend privacy systems across the platform. You will translate privacy requirements into scalable data and service architectures that support product teams and user trust.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, collaboration with legal, policy, data, and product partners, and delivering robust privacy controls across data collection, storage, usage, sharing, retention, and deletion.

Qualificações

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience building backend services for large-scale, consumer-facing products.
• A solid grasp of data, its lifecycle, and how data systems support the business.
• Ability to make sound judgments on business and compliance tradeoffs, and to plan and deliver work end to end.
• Experience working with partner teams across organizations, and communicating clearly enough to land a shared technical decision.
• Proficiency in at least one of Java, Go, C++, or Python.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and backend system design.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, and evolve backend systems that improve privacy across TikTok, and help turn repeated requirements into shared platform capabilities.
• Make sound business and compliance judgments in the systems you own, and carry the work end to end: problem framing, technical design, delivery, launch, and adoption.
• Partner across product, legal, policy, data, and engineering teams. Align on requirements and tradeoffs, and land privacy capabilities in the products and data systems that depend on them.
• Work with data and its lifecycle. Implement how data is collected, stored, used, shared, retained, and deleted, and connect those controls to how products operate.
• Use data analysis and data processing to measure privacy coverage, risk, and business impact, and extend privacy capabilities into new scenarios and product lines.
• Build and operate high-scale backend services, and take part in privacy incident response, including scope, root cause, and remediation.

Conhecimentos

Java

Go

C++

Python

Formação

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Descrição da vaga

Sr. Software Engineer - Data Subject Rights - TikTok Privacy and Security

Location:

San Jose

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code:

A81056

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Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve backend systems that improve privacy across TikTok, and help turn repeated requirements into shared platform capabilities.
• Make sound business and compliance judgments in the systems you own, and carry the work end to end: problem framing, technical design, delivery, launch, and adoption.
• Partner across product, legal, policy, data, and engineering teams. Align on requirements and tradeoffs, and land privacy capabilities in the products and data systems that depend on them.
• Work with data and its lifecycle. Implement how data is collected, stored, used, shared, retained, and deleted, and connect those controls to how products operate.
• Use data analysis and data processing to measure privacy coverage, risk, and business impact, and extend privacy capabilities into new scenarios and product lines.
• Build and operate high-scale backend services, and take part in privacy incident response, including scope, root cause, and remediation.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualification(s)- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience building backend services for large-scale, consumer-facing products.
• A solid grasp of data, its lifecycle, and how data systems support the business.
• Ability to make sound judgments on business and compliance tradeoffs, and to plan and deliver work end to end.
• Experience working with partner teams across organizations, and communicating clearly enough to land a shared technical decision.
• Proficiency in at least one of Java, Go, C++, or Python.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and backend system design.
• Preferred Qualification(s)- Experience on a large platform, such as infrastructure, ads, recommendation, or an open platform.
• Experience contributing to longer-term platform planning, or turning fragmented capabilities into a shared service.
• Hands‑on experience with data analysis and data processing, and with using those skills to support new business use cases.
• Experience designing or implementing privacy, data governance, or trust and safety features.
• Experience operating systems at very large consumer scale.

Job Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $218400 - $480000 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.

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 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.

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

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