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Senior Backend Software Engineer – Trust and Safety (Multiple Positions)

Seattle, United States of America💼 Full-time💰 $212,202–$212,202🗓 2026-09-28

Core

Design, develop, and maintain large-scale backend software systems to enhance trust and safety across TikTok's applications and platforms.

Role type

Senior Backend Software Engineer (Trust and Safety)

Builds

High-stability, high-performance backend services and user-facing features for trust and safety

Domain

Social media / Trust and Safety

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Software service architecture design, cross-functional stakeholder collaboration, software debugging, agile methodology, network protocols, Unix/Linux operating systems

Preferred skills

Mentoring junior engineers, rapid product development

Technologies

Unix, Linux

Responsibilities

Design and implement fault-tolerant software services; Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions; Improve system architecture for stability and performance; Build and enhance user-facing features; Mentor junior software engineers and interns

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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