Backend Software Engineer - Trust and Safety Engineering

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate, and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make an impact happen with a career at TikTok.

Team Introduction

The Trust and Safety team aims to build a world where people can safely discover, create, and connect. Our goals are to ensure the safety of the community and to build a safer experience for users. The Trust and Safety Engineering team is responsible for building a highly scalable, complex, and intelligent platform that is able to manage high traffic loads. You would also be building tools to help protect our users from harmful content and abusive behaviors. With the continuous efforts of our trust and safety team, we can provide the best user experience and bring joy to everyone in the world.

What you will be doing:

1. Build a highly-scalable, efficient, and robust trust and safety platform and tools;
2. Understand product objectives to develop an easy-to-use platform that aligns with customers' needs;
3. Collaborate with trust and safety specialists, experts, and machine learning engineers;
4. Improve system design and architecture to ensure high stability and performance of the services;
5. Work with Trust and Safety teams to protect TikTok globally.

Qualifications

What you should have:

1. At least a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience);
2. 5 years of relevant experience, familiar with C++/Go/Java program development (at least one), striving for high-quality code and focusing on the technical quality of the code;
3. Experience with large-scale distributed systems - Familiar with Data storage systems and Queries;
4. Independent thinking, able to take the initiative to identify problems, systematic problem analysis, and problem-solving skills;
5. Have the ability to learn, explore, and research in unfamiliar areas;
6. Great communication and teamwork skills.

Preference will be given to those who have one of the following:

1. Good mentorship skills;
2. Experience with Trust and Safety.

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