Legal Counsel - Data Infrastructure

About the Team

This role will be in our Data Infrastructure Legal team – a global team with colleagues currently based in LA, London, Sydney, Beijing, and São Paulo. We also work closely with colleagues across the wider legal team, including privacy, security, corporate services and compliance.

The team provides vital support for ByteDance’s global digital infrastructure expansion outside of China (including for TikTok and our enterprise products businesses). We enable our colleagues by providing integrated and business‑oriented legal guidance. With a business that continues to grow rapidly, one of the most critical challenges is ensuring that our global infrastructure projects, including data center development, receive exceptional legal support.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive, resilient, and business‑mindful lawyer who can bridge global cultural and skillset differences through expertise, insight, collaboration and strong project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a range of commercial, procurement and technology contracts, including software licenses, SaaS agreements, development contracts, consultancy, outsourcing and other service provision agreements, and cloud‑based service model agreements.
• Draft and negotiate contractual documentation in connection with the establishment and delivery of purpose‑built data centers.
• Advise on laws and regulations relating to digital infrastructure and partner with legal colleagues across the globe to develop and roll‑out standard policies and template agreements to improve efficiency and risk management.
• Distill complex information to deliver clear, precise and pragmatic advice to business and cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Engage with contractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders (including our government relations team) to advocate and represent the company’s interests in relation to digital infrastructure development.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred 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 toward every day. We strive to do great things with great people, leading with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make an impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We are 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. 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. We celebrate diverse voices and aim to create an environment that reflects the many communities we reach.

TikTok Accommodation

TikTok 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 : / / tinyurl.com / RA-request.

Job Information

Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $170,667 - $319,200 annually.

Compensation may vary outside this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work. This role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses / incentives and restricted stock units. Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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; and more. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year, and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure). The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefit 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.

3. Exercising sound judgment.

Seniority Level

Associate

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Legal

Industries

Technology, Information and Internet

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