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 the Team
PDPO (Privacy and Data Protection Office) is the organization to lead, supervise, and empower all TikTok's privacy work in an accountable and industry leading way. This team is the expert in the landscape of privacy risks and passionate about consulting across the company on implementing the proper safeguards and technical mitigations to ensure that our users’ privacy is honored across the TikTok's products and platforms.
What you’ll do:
- Conduct technical assessments focused on finding privacy issues in internal and external facing systems, products, and services.
- Partner with Engineering teams to optimize SDLC testing.
- Support the development of practices, processes, mechanisms, and the documentation for these activities, both internally and with working groups.
- Build tooling to automate portions of assessments
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Strong Computer Science, Security engineering and Privacy engineering fundamentals
- Able to collaborate, prioritize duties, and work well on your own
- Excellent interpersonal skills with a high attention to detail
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
- 3+ years work experience in web security or data security
- Experience in Penetration Testing or Red Team exercises
- Ability to understand and apply privacy foundational concepts
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience making contributions to the security or privacy community, such as public research, blogging, presentations, bug bounties, CVEs, etc.
- 2+ years work experience with scripting language including code maintenance and review
- Experience implementing or assessing the implementation of GDPR, CCPA, or equivalent privacy regulation
- Experience with tools used to perform Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) or Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
- Experience with common testing frameworks, such as the MITRE ATT&CK framework
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.
