(General hire) Backend Software Engineer Graduate (Trust & Safety) - 2027 Start
- Locations
- Seattle, United States of America · San Jose, United States of America
- Salary range
- USD $121,600 – $243,200 base
- Workplace
- In office
- Level
- Individual contributor
- Job family
- Engineering
- 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 $130k to $200k at an employer this size. 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 $122k to $243k base at a company over 5,000 · the title reads as P2.
The role, in T&S terms
Written by the T&S Network from TikTok's posting.
Backend engineering for the trust and safety platforms that protect users from harmful content and abusive behavior. The team builds content moderation process systems, a rule engine, strategy and feature engines, moderation platforms, data platforms, and risk insight systems across the TnS organization. This is a General Hire graduate track where candidates are matched to one or more TnS teams after a unified interview.
What you'd do
- Help design the overall architecture of TnS data application platforms and write the specifications for them.
- Lead engineers in implementing data application architecture and keep improving its stability and efficiency.
- Reduce complexity and cost across storage, computation, and service architecture.
- Design and build systems for data integration, offline and real-time development, governance, and BI analysis.
- Coach the team and build technical influence inside and outside the department.
What it asks for
- Completing or recently completed a Bachelor's or above in computer science or a related discipline.
- 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).
Worth knowing
- Must commit to an onboarding date by the end of the year.
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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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