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

San Jose, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-28

Core

Design and build globalized services and platforms to protect TikTok user sensitive data using privacy engineering frameworks and cutting-edge techniques.

Role type

Senior Backend Software Engineer (Privacy & Security)

Builds

Privacy-aware infrastructure spanning API gateways, micro-services, storages, and message queues for data lifecycle management.

Domain

Internet / Privacy Engineering / Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

System design, distributed systems architecture, data structures and algorithms, privacy by design, encryption/anonymization/pseudonymization, data governance, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Large-scale distributed systems design, privacy awareness process design for SDLC, data protection solutions (classification, de-identification), data lifecycle control

Technologies

API gateways, micro-services, storages, message queues

Responsibilities

Design services to protect user sensitive data with privacy design by default; Develop privacy engineering frameworks and platforms; Implement anonymization/pseudonymization/encryption technologies; Collaborate with PM and cross-functional teams on technical challenges

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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