TikTok
Data Engineer Graduate (Privacy Data Protection Office) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)
TikTok, San Jose, California, United States, 95199
Overview
Data Engineer Graduate (Privacy Data Protection Office) - 2026 Start (BS/MS) role at TikTok About the team
PDPO (Privacy and Data Protection Office) leads and oversees TikTok’s privacy initiatives, ensuring industry-leading standards and safeguarding user privacy across all products and platforms. Our team specializes in identifying privacy risks and providing technical solutions to ensure privacy compliance. About The Role
We are looking for a Data Engineer to support the Risk and Governance organization within PDPO. This role will focus on enhancing the foundational data engineering infrastructure, building automated pipelines, and integrating data from APIs to drive privacy-related insights and monitoring. Key Responsibilities
Build scalable monitoring systems with automated alerts for privacy compliance across TikTok's product features. Enhance and optimize current data infrastructure, improving data processing and pipeline performance. Design and build automated pipelines for data collection, transformation, and reporting. Develop data integrations via APIs to ensure seamless and reliable data ingestion. Collaborate with the team to explore the integration of AI and agent-based systems into data workflows. Conduct data investigations and analysis to detect privacy risks and support incident response. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, security, and legal) to deliver robust data solutions. Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Analytics, Mathematics or related technical fields. Solid programming skills in Python and SQL, with experience in schema design and ETL development. Experience with API integration and automated data pipeline design. Hands-on experience with big data technologies (e.g., Hive, Spark, Kafka, Flink), and familiarity with data visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau, dashboards). Strong problem-solving, communication and presentation skills, and self-driven work ethic. Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of privacy, data security, or compliance is a plus. Familiarity with TikTok's product features is a plus. By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to our global applicant privacy policy. The policy may be accessed here: https://lifeattiktok.com/legal/privacy Job Information & Benefits
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $118657 - $187200 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units. Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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, among others. Employees also receive 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). The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice. For Los Angeles County 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 criminal history may have a direct, adverse relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in 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; and Exercising sound judgment. About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. Our global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, with offices worldwide. Seniority level
Internship Employment type
Full-time Job function
Information Technology Industries
Entertainment Providers
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Data Engineer Graduate (Privacy Data Protection Office) - 2026 Start (BS/MS) role at TikTok About the team
PDPO (Privacy and Data Protection Office) leads and oversees TikTok’s privacy initiatives, ensuring industry-leading standards and safeguarding user privacy across all products and platforms. Our team specializes in identifying privacy risks and providing technical solutions to ensure privacy compliance. About The Role
We are looking for a Data Engineer to support the Risk and Governance organization within PDPO. This role will focus on enhancing the foundational data engineering infrastructure, building automated pipelines, and integrating data from APIs to drive privacy-related insights and monitoring. Key Responsibilities
Build scalable monitoring systems with automated alerts for privacy compliance across TikTok's product features. Enhance and optimize current data infrastructure, improving data processing and pipeline performance. Design and build automated pipelines for data collection, transformation, and reporting. Develop data integrations via APIs to ensure seamless and reliable data ingestion. Collaborate with the team to explore the integration of AI and agent-based systems into data workflows. Conduct data investigations and analysis to detect privacy risks and support incident response. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, security, and legal) to deliver robust data solutions. Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Analytics, Mathematics or related technical fields. Solid programming skills in Python and SQL, with experience in schema design and ETL development. Experience with API integration and automated data pipeline design. Hands-on experience with big data technologies (e.g., Hive, Spark, Kafka, Flink), and familiarity with data visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau, dashboards). Strong problem-solving, communication and presentation skills, and self-driven work ethic. Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of privacy, data security, or compliance is a plus. Familiarity with TikTok's product features is a plus. By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to our global applicant privacy policy. The policy may be accessed here: https://lifeattiktok.com/legal/privacy Job Information & Benefits
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $118657 - $187200 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units. Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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, among others. Employees also receive 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). The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice. For Los Angeles County 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 criminal history may have a direct, adverse relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in 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; and Exercising sound judgment. About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. Our global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, with offices worldwide. Seniority level
Internship Employment type
Full-time Job function
Information Technology Industries
Entertainment Providers
#J-18808-Ljbffr