Backend Software Engineer Graduate (Emerging Products & AI Safety) - 2027 Start
- Location
- San Jose, United States of America
- Salary range
- USD $128,000 – $316,800 base
- Workplace
- In office
- Level
- Individual contributor
- Job family
- AI Safety
- Posted
- Recently
The T&S Network estimates this role to be P2, Professional. The typical base salary for that level in Safety Engineering & Data Science is $150k to $220k at an employer this size in the San Francisco Bay Area. Key skills at this level: builds and ships detection or enforcement systems in production, evaluates a classifier on the metric that matches the harm, not on accuracy, and works with labeled data of uneven and adversarial quality.
Why this level
Estimated from the posting rather than stated by the employer: an early-career or graduate seat · posts $128k to $317k base at a company over 5,000 in the San Francisco Bay Area · the title reads as P2.
The role, in T&S terms
Written by the T&S Network from TikTok's posting.
Builds the backend systems behind TikTok's Trust and Safety engineering team, which protects users from harmful content and abusive behavior. The team builds moderation process systems, a rule engine, strategy and feature engines, moderation platforms, data platforms, and risk insight systems across the TnS organization.
What you'd do
- Help design the overall architecture of TnS data application platforms and write the specifications for them.
- Lead teammates in implementing data application architecture, improving system stability and efficiency.
- Reduce complexity and cost across storage, computation, and service architecture.
- Create systems for data ingestion, batch and streaming pipelines, data governance, and BI reporting.
- Build technical influence across the department, coach the team, and grow R&D capability.
What it asks for
- Completing or recently completed a Bachelor's or Master's in computer science or a related field.
- Software development experience in at least one of C++, Python, or Java.
- Proficiency with distributed, high-concurrency server stacks such as RPC, message queues, link tracing, and service governance.
- Experience with big data systems such as Spark, Flink, ClickHouse, or HBase.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- Experience with data insight work such as machine learning or statistical analysis (preferred).
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About TikTok

The employer
About TikTok
Social platforms · Media and streaming · Culver City, CA · 50,001 to 100,000 people · Founded 2016
Short-form video platform, run by ByteDance outside the US and by a joint venture of Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX inside it since 2026.
Moderation, reported
TikTok filed 37.7M moderation decisions with the European Commission for May 2026.
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