Software Engineer (Backend/Fullstack) - Trust and Safety

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.

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.

About Us
The Trust and Safety(TnS) engineering team are responsible for protecting our users from harmful content and abusive behaviors. With the continuous efforts of our trust and safety engineering team, TikTok can provide the best user experience and bring joy to everyone in the world.

We are building an engineering team dedicated to Trust and Safety's Risk and Response business. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams (XFN) that include Product Managers, Machine Learning Engineers, Data Scientists, and QAs, to establish public trust through providing solutions to support risk and response business, especially escalation handling.

Key Responsibilities
- Build a highly scalable, efficient and robust trust, and safety platform and tools;
- Understand product objectives to develop an easy-to-use platform that aligns with customers' needs;
- Collaborate with trust and safety specialists, experts, and machine learning engineers;
- Improve system design and architecture to ensure high stability and performance of the services;
- Work with Trust and Safety teams to protect TikTok globally.Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor or above degree in computer science or a related technical discipline;
- At least 2 years of industrial experience;
- Proficiency in designing data structures, building algorithms, and at least one programming language: python/go/php/c++/java;
- Had solid user-facing product experience in building, designing, and scaling software architecture
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing technical challenges.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Preferred Qualification:
- Experience in trust and safety or risk control system design and implementation is preferred.

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 https://shorturl.at/cdpT2