Senior Software Engineer, Client Security
TikTok · San Jose, California, US
Client Security is part of the Business Risk Integrated Control (BRIC) team. We focus on building end-to-end, defense-in-depth systems that balance privacy a...
Job description
Client Security is part of the Business Risk Integrated Control (BRIC) team. We focus on building end-to-end, defense-in-depth systems that balance privacy and business needs to combat large-scale automated fraud and API abuse. Our scope includes client environment inspection, risky signal collection, trusted computing, traffic validation, data mining, and delivering tools and subject-matter services to business lines. Responsibilities: - Client-side security engineering: Develop, iterate, maintain, and provide technical support for client-side security components across Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. - Binary and runtime protection: Research and implement cutting-edge techniques to detect and prevent app cracking, tampering, hooking/injection, automation attacks, and other large-scale abuse; drive competitive analysis and key technical breakthroughs to strengthen defenses and product experience. - Cross-functional threat response: Collaborate with client, backend, risk, and privacy stakeholders to research malicious tooling, track emerging attacks, and build anti-automation and validation systems. - AI-driven automation defense: Build client-side defenses against AI-driven auto...