Security Engineer, Risk Adversary and Intel Discovery - TikTok BRIC

TikTok, Singapore

The role

You will shape the trust, safety, and sustainable growth of ByteDance's global platforms, applying advanced AI to some of the hardest real-world problems in the field.

RAID (Risk Adversary and Intelligence Discovery) focuses on understanding and countering adversarial activities across underground ecosystems. By combining threat intelligence research, adversary analysis, and offensive security assessments, the team helps business teams identify emerging threats, understand attack methods, validate existing defenses, and build comprehensive and measurable risk control capabilities.

What you will do

Underground Ecosystem & Threat Intelligence Research: Conduct in-depth research into underground industry chains, adversarial groups, abnormal business activities, and emerging attack trends. Investigate intelligence techniques such as adversary attribution, threat intelligence monitoring, and intelligence-driven risk identification to provide actionable insights and proactive risk warnings.

What you need

Minimum Qualification(s)

Have a solid understanding of underground ecosystems, including adversarial groups, industry chains, attack techniques, and monetization models, with the ability to independently analyze business risks and adversarial behavior.
Be familiar with at least one of the following areas: Android/iOS/Web reverse engineering, mobile application security, abuse and cheating techniques, fake engagement, incentive abuse, or other forms of adversarial attacks.
Understand common web application, mobile application, and system vulnerabilities, including their underlying principles, detection methods, and remediation approaches. Stay informed about emerging offensive and defensive security techniques.
Be familiar with core risk control strategies and mechanisms, with the ability to analyze adversarial behavior and evaluate the effectiveness of existing defenses.
Have proficiency in at least one major programming language, such as Python, Go, Java, C/C++, or JavaScript, and possess foundational data analysis and mining skills.
Demonstrate strong analytical thinking and risk awareness, with the ability to correlate information across multiple data sources, investigate adversarial activities, and independently solve complex problems.

Preferred Qualification(s)

Have experience with threat intelligence collection and analysis, including OSINT and relevant intelligence sources. Be proficient in using domestic and international social platforms or other channels for intelligence gathering and analysis.
Experience building or contributing to enterprise Red Team capabilities, business risk control, threat intelligence, adversarial analysis, or underground ecosystem disruption.
Experience in enterprise Red Team operations, penetration testing, or vulnerability discovery, including contributions as a security researcher or white-hat hacker through a Security Response Center (SRC).
A proven track record of identifying and submitting high-impact vulnerabilities in mobile applications, mini-programs, or web applications.
Strong expertise in threat intelligence analysis, adversary attribution, or technical investigations, with established analytical methodologies.
Access to extensive intelligence sources, particularly international or overseas intelligence channels.
Demonstrated experience identifying and mitigating underground ecosystem risks through the analysis and correlation of internal and external data sources.

Security Engineer, Risk Adversary and Intel Discovery - TikTok BRIC

The role

What you will do

Security Engineer, Risk Adversary and Intel Discovery - TikTok BRIC

The role

What you will do

What you need

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