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Cybersecurity Engineer Project Intern (TikTok Shop) - 2027 Start
Posted 2 months ago • Closed 17 Oct 2026
Job Description
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
About the team
TikTok Shop is a content e-commerce business with international short video product as the carrier. It is committed to becoming the first choice for users to discover and purchase good products with affordable prices. TikTok Shop business team hopes to provide users with more tailored and efficient consumption experience, enabling merchants to receive reliable platform services in different scenarios such as live e-commerce, short video content e-commerce, thereby making more affordable and high-quality products easily accessible and improving lives.
The E-commerce Security team is responsible for safeguarding the platform's security and creating a safe, trustworthy shopping and business environment for TikTok Shop: allowing consumers to shop with confidence, sellers to operate with peace of mind, and influencers to focus on the enjoyment of bringing goods.
As a Project Intern, you will contribute to impactful short-term projects and gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, professional environment. This internship offers the opportunity to develop practical skills, apply your knowledge to real-world challenges, and explore your career interests.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early.
Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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.
About the team
TikTok Shop is a content e-commerce business with international short video product as the carrier. It is committed to becoming the first choice for users to discover and purchase good products with affordable prices. TikTok Shop business team hopes to provide users with more tailored and efficient consumption experience, enabling merchants to receive reliable platform services in different scenarios such as live e-commerce, short video content e-commerce, thereby making more affordable and high-quality products easily accessible and improving lives.
The E-commerce Security team is responsible for safeguarding the platform's security and creating a safe, trustworthy shopping and business environment for TikTok Shop: allowing consumers to shop with confidence, sellers to operate with peace of mind, and influencers to focus on the enjoyment of bringing goods.
As a Project Intern, you will contribute to impactful short-term projects and gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, professional environment. This internship offers the opportunity to develop practical skills, apply your knowledge to real-world challenges, and explore your career interests.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early.
Responsibilities
- Conduct traceability analysis on e-commerce security incident cases based on system logs, traffic data, intelligence data, etc., and summarise attack methods.
- Develop and optimise data tables for e-commerce API assets with our engineers, support data tagging according to security governance requirements.
- Explore the black industry chain in key business scenarios, security intelligence collection tools, and investigate the operation, profit models, and scale trends of black and gray industry chains with our engineers.
- Track cyber attacks, perform reverse analysis of black-industry tools and cheating malware, restore attack methods and attack paths, and identify weak points in security defense.
Minimum Qualifications
- Currently pursuing an Undergraduate in Infocomm Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Business Analytics or a related technical discipline.
- Good data analysis skills and experience to support security log analysis/mining, and strategy development (e.g., SQL).
- Coding experience with general purpose development tools (e.g. Python, Spark).
- Solid foundation in computer science and network security, with an understanding of common cyber attacks and defense countermeasures.
- Good communication skills to support cross-team collaborations, enthusiastic about learning new technologies and tackling challenging problems in a fast-paced work environment.
- Familiar with internet business risk scenarios, common black and gray industry chain operations, and cheating techniques.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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.