Senior Developer, Content Assurance

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
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.

The Global Security Organization provides industry-leading cyber-security and business protection services to TikTok globally. Our organization employs four principles that guide our strategic and tactical operations. Firstly, we Champion Transparency & Trust by leading the charge in organizational transparency, prioritizing customer trust, and placing user needs first. Secondly, we aim to maintain Best in Class Global Security by proactively identifying and reducing risks while enabling innovative product development. We constantly work towards a sustainable world-class security capability. Thirdly, we strive to be a Business Catalyst & Enabler by embodying the DNA of technical innovation and ensuring our Global Security operations are fast and agile. Finally, we Drive Empowered & Risk-Informed Decision Making by providing our leaders with the necessary information to make agile decisions based on risk. In order to enhance collaboration and cross-functional partnerships, our organization follows a hybrid work schedule that requires employees to work in the office for 2 to 3 days a week, as directed by their manager. We regularly review our hybrid work model, and the specific requirements may change at any time.

TikTok is seeking a Senior Developer to join our Global Security Organization with a focus on the Content Assurance Program. As part of the GSO Content Assurance Team, you'll build applications/tools to support highly technical security initiatives that enable cross-functional security and privacy at TikTok.

Responsibilities
- Conduct security-oriented code reviews of the different languages used in content creation and management. Such reviews should establish that code is clean, secure, and does not contain security vulnerabilities
- Develop, execute, and enhance data scanning tools and capabilities (e.g., scripts, jobs, functions) to automate iterative end-to-end processes for scanning training data for ML models using scalable, reusable, and configurable frameworks/methodologies
- Collaborate with both technical and business teams to gather functional requirements for in-house and external technologies to identify sensitive information and ensure appropriate data protection controls are in place
- Define metrics and create/maintain dashboards for measuring and reporting key performance indicators (e.g., coverage, findings and remediations)
- Execute on program activities that meet the organization's information security standards, business needs, and regulatory requirements
- Implement and promote secure coding practices within the team by encouraging coding techniques that prioritize security and mitigate vulnerabilities
- Work closely with security, privacy, and engineering leaders to understand organizational priorities and to sequence and/or deconflict projects accordingly
- Ensure the code complies with internal security policies and external regulations and standards and provide guidance on enhancing security compliance
- Document findings from code reviews, security incidents, and other relevant information in detail by maintaining clear and accurate records of code monitoring, testing, and incident resolution activities
- Generate reports that detail the status of the content assurance program, notable incidents, and the overall security of the programming aspect- Bachelors’ Degree or industry equivalent work experience
- 6-8 years applicable experience
- Strong understanding of database technologies and querying (e.g., SQL, NoSQL) including relational/non-relational databases and big data (e.g., MySQL, Hive, Hadoop/HDFS, Redis, Graph, Mongo), message queues (e.g. Kafka, RocketMQ, etc.), Elasticsearch, and cloud services
- Expert with building process automation and solution development and scripting using multiple programming languages (e.g., Python, Go) and APIs, and strong debugging ability in a distributed, cloud environment
- Experience with data analysis using Python pandas library and RegEx regular expressions
- Strong understanding of cloud native technologies, including containers, object storage, Kubernetes, service discovery and mesh, and significant experience with public/hybrid/private cloud
- Familiarity working in Linux environments and command line interfaces
- Demonstrate ability to quickly assimilate to new knowledge and technologies, and remain current on new developments in cybersecurity capabilities and industry knowledge
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional and cross-regional teams to meet strategic and tactical objectives as well as serve as an individual contributor
- Experience operating autonomously and working across multiple teams, with stakeholders in different disciplines across time zones
- Ability to demonstrate critical thinking and thought leadership
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Analytical and problem-solving experience with large-scale systems
- Experience working for a company with a global footprint

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 gprd.accommodations@tiktok.com

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