TikTok

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

TikTok$212K — $368K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Computer Science or related field with 2 years relevant experience; or Bachelor's degree with 5 years relevant experience.
  • 2 years experience in designing and implementing software service architecture for high throughput.
  • 2 years experience working with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into technical requirements.
  • Experience with debugging and maintaining software services.
  • Proficient in agile methodology for the software development lifecycle.
  • Familiarity with network protocols and experience using Unix or Linux operating system.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain large-scale backend software for trust and safety applications.
  • Write comprehensive documentation and collaborate to plan feature delivery.
  • Enhance system design for stability and performance of the services.
  • Provide solutions for risk management and response operations.
  • Build user-facing features prioritizing performance and scalability.
  • Work with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality rapid development.
  • Mentor junior engineers and interns to foster skill development.

Benefits

  • Day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match.
  • Paid parental leave and short/long-term disability coverage.
  • Life insurance and well-being benefits.
  • 10 paid holidays, 10 sick days, and 17 days of Paid Personal Time per year.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Design, develop, build, and maintain large-scale backend software systems that enhance trust and safety across various applications/platforms. Write documentation, coding, and work cross-functionally to plan how to deliver the latest features on the platforms to improve trust and safety of the products. Improve system design and architecture to ensure high stability, and performance of the services. Provide solutions to support risk and response business. Build and enhance user-facing features with a focus on performance and scalability. Collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work in rapid product development. Mentor junior software engineers and interns.

Qualifications

Qualifications Must have a Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Information Systems (any), Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field, and 2 years of related work experience; OR a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Information Systems (any), Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field, and 5 years of post-bachelor's, progressive related work experience. Of the required experience, must have 2 years of experience in each of the following: Designing and implementing software service architecture to support high throughput and fault tolerant services; Working with cross-functional stakeholders to gather business requirements and translate them into technical requirements; Maintaining and debugging software services; Using agile methodology for the entire software development lifecycle; and Applying Network protocols and using Unix or Linux operating system. Type: Full time, 40 hours/week Location: Bellevue, WA Salary Range: $212202 - $368220 per year To Apply, click the apply button below. Contact [redacted] if you have difficulty submitting resume through the website.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $212202 - $368220 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.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

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; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

About TikTok

TikTok is a social media app that allows users to create and share short videos. The app was launched in 2016 by Chinese tech company ByteDance. TikTok has become one of the most popular social media apps in the world, with over 1 billion active users. The app has been downloaded over 2 billion times worldwide. TikTok has faced controversy over its data privacy practices and its potential ties to the Chinese government. In 2020, the app faced a potential ban in the United States, but a deal was reached with Oracle and Walmart to create a new company called TikTok Global.
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1,750 employees
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Founded
2012

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