Tiktok - Seattle, WA
posted 4 months ago
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, with a mission to inspire creativity and bring joy. The company operates globally, with headquarters in Los Angeles and Singapore, and offices in major cities including New York, London, and Tokyo. The Privacy Innovation (PI) Lab at TikTok is dedicated to exploring the next frontier of privacy technology and theory in a digitalized world. This lab provides key insights and technical solutions on privacy-related innovation for all TikTok products, collaborating with technical and academic communities to promote a privacy-friendly digital experience. The successful candidate will engage in designing and executing technical and theoretical research to address critical industrial challenges in privacy innovation. This role involves working closely with product teams to understand privacy requirements and providing technical consulting on privacy-related features. Additionally, the candidate will collaborate with engineering teams to apply research findings to product prototyping and advocate for these findings through written reports and presentations. Representing the PI Lab in external technical and academic communities is also a key responsibility. Candidates must commit to an onboarding date by the end of 2025 and should clearly state their availability and graduation date in their resumes. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and candidates can apply for a maximum of two positions, with consideration given in the order of application.