Software Engineer - Big Data Privacy

About TikTok
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 products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, 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 users we serve. Join us.

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.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 2 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 https://shorturl.at/cdpT2