Senior Developer, Content Assurance

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 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