Software Engineer Intern (Privacy & Security - Global Payment)

2 Months ago • Upto 1 Years • Monetization

Job Summary

Job Description

ByteDance's Global Payment team seeks a Software Engineer Intern (Privacy & Security) for Summer 2025. The intern will assist in building scalable backend systems for payment security, fraud detection, and compliance. Responsibilities include supporting security and privacy initiatives, participating in code reviews and debugging, and contributing to secure payment solutions. The ideal candidate possesses strong programming skills, excellent teamwork abilities, and a proactive approach to problem-solving. The internship runs from May to October 2025 and offers hands-on experience in a dynamic global environment.
Must have:
  • Strong programming skills
  • Excellent teamwork
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Build scalable backend systems
  • Support security initiatives
Good to have:
  • Relevant internship experience
  • PhD in security or privacy
  • Experience with tech stack
Perks:
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Wellbeing benefits
  • Paid holidays
  • Paid sick time

Job Details

Responsibilities
About ByteDance Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content. Why Join Us Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us. About Global Payment The Global Payment team of Bytedance provides payment solutions - including payment acquisitions, disbursements, transaction monitoring, payment method management, foreign exchange conversion, accounting, reconciliations, and so on to ensure that our users have a smooth and secure payment experience on ByteDance platforms including TikTok. The Privacy & Security Engineering team plays a critical role in safeguarding user data, ensuring compliance, and implementing security best practices across our payment systems. We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in from May 2025 onwards. Internships at ByteDance aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Watch your ambitions become reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at ByteDance. Successful candidates must be able to commit to the following Internships - From May to October, 2025 Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early. Candidates can apply to a maximum of TWO positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to ByteDance and its affiliates' jobs globally. Responsibilities - Assist in building scalable, high-performance backend systems to support payment security, fraud detection, and compliance. - Support ongoing security and privacy initiatives, ensuring adherence to industry standards and regulations. - Participate in code reviews, debugging, and optimization efforts to maintain system reliability and performance. - Contribute to the development of secure and privacy-aware payment solutions, improving the payment experience for billions of users.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: - Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/Graduate/Master in Software Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or a related technical discipline.Minimum Qualifications: - Excellent programming, debugging, and optimization skills in one or more general purpose programming languages - Strong communication and excellent teamwork skills; flexible and be a self-starter. - Agile, quick self learner, highly self-motivated with strong sense of product ownership and creative problem solver; - Good collaborator and team player, comfortable working in a fast moving, culturally diverse and globally distributed team environment. Preferred Qualifications: - Relevant internship experience with hands-on exposure to the tech stack - A PhD in security or privacy is highly desired - Graduating December 2025 onwards with the intent to return to degree program after the completion of the internship. ByteDance 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 ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. 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. ByteDance Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $28- $45.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) 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 that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

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Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

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