Backend Software Engineer - Trust and Safety - Seattle

Backend Software Engineer - Trust and Safety - Seattle Location: Seattle Employment Type: Regular Job Code: Q1931 Overview TikTok identifies trust and safety as a top priority, and our team obsesses over it daily. The Trust and Safety (TnS) engineering team is 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. Our team is responsible for achieving goals by building content moderation process systems, rule engines, strategy systems, feature engines, human moderation platforms, risk insight systems, and all kinds of supportive platforms across the TnS organization. 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. 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++, or java. Experience in problem‑solving with related internet products. Great communication and teamwork skills. Passionate about techniques and solving challenging problems. Job Information The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $148,200 – $300,960 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 and may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses, incentives, and restricted stock units. Benefits Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) savings plan with company match; paid parental leave; short‑term and long‑term disability coverage; life insurance; wellbeing benefits; 10 paid holidays per year; 10 paid sick days per year; and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure). For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues; Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; Exercising sound judgment. TikTok Accommodation 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 #J-18808-Ljbffr TikTok