ByteDance · 2 weeks ago
Technology Internal Audit Lead
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$96K/yr - $216K/yr
5+ years expByteDance is a global technology company known for its innovative products like TikTok and CapCut. They are seeking an experienced Technology Internal Audit Lead to enhance their risk management capabilities by leading technology audits, utilizing data analytics, and developing collaborative relationships with management and engineering teams.
ContentData MiningFoundational AIInternetSocial Media
Responsibilities
Audit Delivery: Lead planning and execution of technology and integrated audits supporting our key businesses, AI powered content moderation, product security, and other emerging technologies. Evaluate application security, efficacy of machine learning models, and assess information security risk management in the company's internally built systems and models
Advanced Data Analytics: Leverage data analytics to detect risk signals and unearth insights. Apply AI technologies/Machine Learning (ML) to develop innovative AI-based audit solutions and perform audit testing. Communicate issues and recommendations to senior management. Collaborate with risk owners to ensure risk mitigation plans are developed and completed, tracking and reporting on the progress of the remediation plans on a regular basis
Technology Risk Assessment: Assist in analysis and identification of emerging technology risks. Develop and maintain subject matter expertise in one or more technology domains. Ability to grasp complex, home grown technology stack, comfortable speaking with engineers and product teams
Stakeholder Relationships: Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with management, understand the business to provide value-added services, and establish credibility as a management consultant and internal controls resource. Partner with engineering and product teams to advise on design and implementation of technology solutions
Professional Development: Continually expand knowledge of the audit profession, industry, and company products through self-study, research, and continuing education efforts. Develop innovative methodologies for auditing new technologies and services
Quality Assurance: Ensure the overall quality and consistency of audit work, adhering to department and professional standards. Continuously seek opportunities for audit process improvement
Qualification
Required
5+ years of relevant experience in Technology Audit, Product Security, Security Engineering or Security Compliance within the technology sector (Social Media, Content Management, FinTech etc.), and/or consulting. Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a product centric culture
Strong understanding of security fundamentals across various cyber domains: IAM, applied cryptography, key management systems, data security, application security, web security, security protocols, API Design, threat intelligence, network security, hardware security, vulnerability management, etc
Background and experience in one or more software or data engineering domains: large scale distributed or parallel systems, microservice architecture, data pipeline, query engines and developing large software systems
Experience in implementing or evaluating technology and automation in a DevOps environment. Knowledge of logging technologies, system monitoring, and security event management
Proven analytical ability to assess complex technology environments against risk assessment outcomes, industry best practices, internal standards and external regulatory requirements
Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration and communication skills combined with the ability to provide a credible technical challenge to the business
Language Skills: Conversational Mandarin is required for this role. This is essential due to collaborating with global partners, including teams based in Mandarin-speaking countries. These interactions include participating in meetings/corresponding in chats that are conducted in Chinese, as well as reviewing systems and documents that are written in Chinese
Preferred
Solid background and experience working with one or more of the following areas: Major programming languages and frameworks (e.g. Python, C# .NET, JavaScript, node.js, Java)
Source code and DevOps management tools (e.g., Github, Bitbucket)
Common application and infrastructure security vulnerabilities and mitigations (OWASP Top 10, CWE 25)
SaaS and IaaS cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud Platform)
Database technologies (e.g., SQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, Couchbase, Elasticsearch)
Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC, CCNA, CISA, CRISC, or CIA
Experience in the digital advertising and/or E‑commerce domain
Experience working in a global organization and managing projects across different time zones
Passion for emerging technologies, products and standards
Benefits
Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance
A 401(k) savings plan with company match
Paid parental leave
Short-term and long-term disability coverage
Life insurance
Wellbeing benefits
10 paid holidays per year
10 paid sick days per year
17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)
Company
ByteDance
ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$9.8BKey Investors
Capital TodayG42Tiger Global Management
2025-11-20Secondary Market· $300M
2024-07-25Secondary Market
2023-03-14Secondary Market· $100M
Leadership Team
Jochen Bischoff
Head of Global Business Solutions - Africa
Matty Lin
General Manager, Global Business Solutions, KR
Recent News
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