Responsibilities
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.
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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.
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The TikTok Privacy & Security Compliance Platform team is responsible for building easy to use and efficient tools for compliance work for our main users , including legal, data protection office, thousands of TikTok Engineers and TikTok leadership, etc. The team is working on TikTok's privacy protection-related projects, including Data Retention, Data Minimization, etc, and tools like DPIA, Privacy Objectives, Risk Management for legal / PDPO team, and aims to improve the user experience and efficiency of R&D's daily compliance task.
Responsibilities:
• Tech lead the TikTok privacy program platform team.
• Set the product vision and strategy with product and business teams, and oversee the engineering roadmap.
• Collaborate with relevant teams to do business and technical planning.
• Manage project priorities and product deliveries. Drive technical initiatives from execution to delivery.
• Build a productive R&D process.
Qualifications
• 2 years of tech lead experience.
• Strong technical skills in backend development, including experience with distributed systems, databases, and APIs.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing technical challenges.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience working in an agile development environment.
• Excellent programming, debugging, and optimization skills in one or more general-purpose programming languages including, but not limited to: Golang, Python, Node.js.
Preferred Qualification
• Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in Computer Science or related fields with 5 years of software engineering experience.
• Strong product sense, with experience driving platform system from 0 to 1.
• Experience with frontend skills.
• Experience with privacy systems.
• Experience with privacy principles and laws, such as GDPR, CCPA, and COPPA.
• Experience with privacy impact assessments and risk management.
• Experience with implementing privacy by design and default principles in backend systems.
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
Job Information
[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $224000 - $410000 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.
Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:
We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.
Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.
We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.