Golang Job: Software Engineer Summer Intern (Security) - 2023

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.

At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for a Summer Internship in 2023. Internships at TikTok aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Watch your ambitions become reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at TikTok.

The security team is missioned to build infrastructures, platforms, and technologies, as well as to support cross-functional teams to protect our users, products, and infrastructures. In this team, you'll have a unique opportunity to have first-hand exposure to the strategy of the company in key security initiatives, especially in building scalable and secure-by-design systems and solutions. Our challenges are not your regular day-to-day technical problems; you'll be part of a team that's developing new solutions to new security challenges of a kind not previously addressed by big tech. It's working fast, at scale, and we're making a difference.

Responsibilities:

• Learn and understand security infrastructure and services in large-scale distributed systems
• Implement the major features of security infrastructure components, libraries, SDKs, or sample applications that support the company's core security systems and products.
• Explore cutting-edge security technologies, as well as the feasibility of landing them in TikTok in an effective and pragmatic way
• Give tech talks and demos to the team on the project you were working on

Qualifications

• Currently in your penultimate year pursuing a bachelor's degree, or in your final year going on to study a master's, graduating in 2024
• Currently in your penultimate year pursuing a bachelor's degree, or in your final year going on to study a master's, graduating in 2024
• Studying computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or other relevant disciplines
• Available from June 2023 for 12 weeks
• Programming and debugging fundamentals across languages such as: C/C++, Golang, Rust, x86/ARM assembly, Verilog, Python scripting, etc.
• A good understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system security
• Self-driven and capable of coping with ambiguity and moving projects from concepts to delivery
• Passionate about information security

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.