Senior Software Engineer - Big Data Privacy

Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

The team is missioned to ensure the privacy and safety of company-level data through the entire data life cycle from collection, transfer, usage to deletion. Data deletion (retention) during the life cycle poses significant challenges and is a high-priority initiative. We integrate our functionalities deeply into Apache's big data ecosystem (Spark, Hive, Presto), and build world-class data security & privacy framework to support high efficient and seamless data life cycle management. It's an emerging area where many companies and industry are heavily investing. Your work will impact billions of users and bring "data for good" social values.

Responsibilities

• Build full life-cycle data privacy solutions across various big data infrastructures.
• Design and develop privacy frameworks and products, and optimize infrastructures to achieve better performance and reliability.
• Drive privacy and data governance efforts and work cross-functionally with Infra, Product and Policy teams.
• Explore cutting-edge privacy technologies to safeguard compliance commitments.
• Respond to urgent privacy inquiries and foster standardized procedures.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications

• Experienced in building large-scale backend services
• Proficiency in at least one of following languages: Java, Python, Golang and C++
• Solid communication and teamwork contribute to multi-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor or above degree in Computer Science or relevant disciplines with 3 years of working experience
• Industry experience developing and implementing privacy features and solutions
• Experiences working on Big Data tech stack e.g., Hive, Spark, Kafka, Flink etc.
• Experiences working on databases, scheduling services, and data retention.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at Information
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $184300 - $337250 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
3. Exercising sound judgment.