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[Backend Software Engineer] Project Intern (Data Trust and Safety) - 2026 Start

TikTok

Location
Sydney, Australia
Salary range
Not stated
Workplace
In office
Level
Individual contributor
Job family
Engineering
Posted
Recently

The T&S Network estimates this role to be P1, Junior / Specialist. We don't yet know typical pay for this level in Australia. Most of our pay data comes from US roles. If you work in Trust & Safety in Australia, add your pay to help others. 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.

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Why this level

Estimated from the posting rather than stated by the employer: an early-career or graduate seat · the title reads as P2.

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The role, in T&S terms

Written by the T&S Network from TikTok's posting.

Engineering intern work on trust and safety systems for TikTok's international live streaming products. The team builds content moderation process systems, rule and strategy engines, human moderation platforms, and risk insight tools to protect users from harmful content and abusive behavior.

What you'd do

  • Research and develop trust and safety systems and product features for international live streaming.
  • Work on safety process, review efficiency, and strategy platform construction.
  • Improve the safety experience for large numbers of international live streaming users.
  • Help build high-concurrency, high-stability systems that scale with daily active users.
  • Study product needs and business goals to propose fixes for live streaming safety problems.

What it asks for

  • Bachelor's degree or above in computer science or a related technical field.
  • Proficiency in data structures, algorithms, and at least one of Python, Go, PHP, C++, or Java.
  • Strong problem analysis skills and the ability to find root causes.
  • Good communication and teamwork skills (preferred).
  • Self-motivated, proactive, and with a strong sense of responsibility (preferred).

Worth knowing

  • Fixed-term internship of at least 4 months.

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About TikTok

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About TikTok

Social platforms · Media and streaming · Culver City, CA · 50,001 to 100,000 people · Founded 2016

Company profile

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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