Tiktok - San Jose, CA
posted 3 days ago
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, with a mission to inspire creativity and bring joy. The Privacy & Security team at TikTok is dedicated to protecting the personal privacy and data security of billions of users. This role as a Backend Software Engineer in the Privacy Infrastructure team involves working closely with product managers and design teams to define a privacy-friendly Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and to design user-friendly data governance platforms. The engineer will be responsible for designing and implementing privacy engineering solutions that address data protection, control, and compliance requirements across TikTok's product suite. The position requires deep involvement in key data governance projects, addressing architecture and integration challenges for various business scenarios. The engineer will drive progress to ensure the success of these projects while investigating cutting-edge industry advancements in privacy engineering. This includes exploring feasible solutions to solve pain points and technical challenges, and continuing to evolve the privacy infrastructure to meet the needs of a global multi-data center environment with thousands of microservices and various storage technologies such as MySQL, Redis, Kafka, and Hive. At TikTok, the culture emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to privacy as a core value in product design and implementation. The company believes that privacy is not just about compliance but also about fostering trust and enabling technological innovation by respecting users' privacy choices. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in software engineering principles, excellent communication skills, and a passion for creating secure and user-friendly technology solutions.