Senior Backend Software Engineer - TikTok Privacy & Security, Online Infra

TikTok
San Jose
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Teamwork","Problem-solving","Cross-functional collaboration"]

Build privacy-aware backend services and platforms for the Online Infra team to protect sensitive TikTok user data across the full data lifecycle. Design system functionality and privacy engineering frameworks spanning API gateways, microservices, storage, and message queues. Apply anonymization, pseudonymization, and encryption while partnering with PMs and cross-functional teams to solve technical challenges and support data governance in an event-driven manner.

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Senior Backend Software Engineer - TikTok Privacy & Security, Online Infra

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Job Summary

Build privacy-aware backend services and platforms for the Online Infra team to protect sensitive TikTok user data across the full data lifecycle. Design system functionality and privacy engineering frameworks spanning API gateways, microservices, storage, and message queues. Apply anonymization, pseudonymization, and encryption while partnering with PMs and cross-functional teams to solve technical challenges and support data governance in an event-driven manner.
Location: San Jose
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build services that protect user sensitive data using privacy-by-design-by-default approaches.
  • •Lead system design and develop functionality for privacy engineering frameworks and platforms.
  • •Implement anonymization, pseudonymization, and encryption to preserve user privacy during data processing.
  • •Develop data understanding services to support data governance projects in an event-driven manner.
  • •Partner with PMs and cross-functional teams to address technical challenges across the product suite.

Key Requirements

  • •Comprehensive understanding of computer principles and server architecture, with proficiency in at least one programming language and knowledge of data structures/algorithms.
  • •Experience designing rational technical solutions for business scenarios and requirements.
  • •Ability to communicate effectively and work in cross-functional teams.
  • •Bachelor's degree or above with 5 years of software engineering experience.
  • •Experience implementing privacy-by-design/default principles and building backend systems with large-scale distributed architectures.
Experience:Internet productsDistributed systemsPrivacy engineeringData governance
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingCross-functional collaboration
Tech Stack:API gatewaysMicro-servicesStoragesMessage queuesAnonymizationPseudonymizationEncryptionEvent-driven architectureData governance

Company Brief

TikTok
Short-form video platform that lets users create, share, and discover entertainment content through algorithmic recommendations. It also offers advertising and creator tools for brands, influencers, and businesses.
Industry: Digital Media
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 2016
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