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, Mumbai, Singapore, 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.
The TikTok Privacy & Security Product team plays a vital role in crafting regulatory-compliant and user-centric privacy solutions for TikTok. Our mission is to instill confidence in TikTok users, regulatory bodies, and the wider community. Our team focuses on developing a range of privacy-related products, encompassing transparency, education, user and underage protection, data access controls, data retention policies, and more.
We are in search of a seasoned Technical Lead to guide our engineering team dedicated to TikTok's privacy transparency and education initiatives. In this role, you will work with a group of skilled engineers specializing in full-stack, front-end, and back-end development. Your primary responsibility will involve fostering seamless teamwork within the group and across cross-functional teams (XFN) that include Product Managers, User Researchers, Data Scientists, and QAs. Your leadership will be instrumental in establishing user trust through educational efforts in private practices and improving transparency among other objectives.
Key Responsibilities:

• Guide a team of engineers and collaborate with PM teams to gain user trust by providing privacy transparency and privacy education features.
• Work with PM and other partner teams to shape the roadmap of privacy transparency and education direction.
• Establish a strong team by continuously mentoring/growing team members.
• Define and drive the technical vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Ensure the timely delivery of high-quality features and improvements.
• Continuously improve quality, efficiency, and security.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, including product managers, data scientists, and infrastructure teams.
• Influence the team environment that facilitates learning, development, and achievement for all members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or higher degree in computer science with at least 5 YOE
• Strong experience in architecting and implementing modern, large-scale, consumer-facing web applications.
• Has solid frontend or full-stack development background and understands complex backend systems as well
• Had solid user-facing product experience in building, designing, and scaling software architecture
• 2 years of experience in technically leading a software engineering team.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing technical challenges.
• Experience of driving collaboration across cross-functional teams on delivering shared goals.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Preferred Qualification

• 2 years of industry experience in privacy engineering, security engineering, or implementing privacy features and solutions.
• Strong product sense, with experience driving user-facing products/features from 0 to 1.
• Experience with user-facing privacy or compliance products

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 gprd.accommodations@tiktok.com.
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Job Information
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $210000 - $358000 annually.
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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.
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At ByteDance/TikTok our benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support ByteDancers to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:
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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.
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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.
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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.