TikTok · 5 days ago
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Network and Traffic - USDS
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$187K/yr - $360K/yr
3+ years expTikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to support the infrastructure team in building and operating hyper-scale datacenters. The role involves ensuring infrastructure services are reliable, fault-tolerant, and scalable, while collaborating with cross-functional teams and external vendors.
Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo
No H1B
Responsibilities
Design, build, operate and optimize TikTok network, not limited to, backbone, public cloud and Edge/CDN
Design, manage, operate and contribute to the development of our Layer7 Load Balancer, CDN origin and DNS
Troubleshoot network and / or traffic issues in partnership with our Data Center Partners
Work with cross-functional teams including but not limited to compute, storage, database, application teams to drive the innovation and evolution of TikTok network
Work with external vendors and ISPs for device and carrier selection, perform testing and verification
Qualification
Required
Good understanding of network protocols including TCP/IP, RSVP, DHCP, BGP, OSPF/IS-IS and MPLS related technologies
Good understanding of network monitoring protocols and tools, such as SNMP, Sflow/netflow, Telemetry
Hands on experience with one or more of the following: Load Balancers, DNS, CDN origin, Datacenter networking
Familiar with data center network architecture, such as CLOS
Self-motivated, good communication, written skills and team player
Bachelor's in Computer Science or a related field, or experience of three or more years in related field
Preferred
Significant experience configuring and optimizing Nginx
In-depth knowledge of network protocols and implementation in hyper-scale data center networks
In-depth knowledge of public cloud architecture, such as AWS, GCP, Azure, Ali Cloud, OCI, etc
Good understanding of IPv6 and IPv4-IPv6 co-existence technologies
Programming/scripting in Python, Go or other languages
Benefits
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
TikTok
TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
N Ali Mohamed
CEO
Blake Chandlee
VP Global Business Solutions
Recent News
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