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TikTok · 2 hours ago

Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure and Assurance Services - USDS

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$119K/yr - $259K/yr

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. They are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the seamless operation of TikTok's US physical infrastructure, manage physical servers, and collaborate with vendors to uphold compliance objectives.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

No H1B

Responsibilities

Drive infrastructure automation and tooling: Design, develop, and maintain solutions for efficient operation, optimization, and comprehensive monitoring of global infrastructure, minimizing manual intervention

Collaborate on service lifecycle management: Partner with engineering teams to design, deploy, operate, and continuously improve robust and scalable systems and services, from inception to refinement

Ensure service reliability and performance: Proactively monitor system health, conduct performance testing, and manage incidents to maximize uptime, availability, and adherence to defined SLAs/SLOs

Execute core SRE practices: Perform on-call duties and production operations, including change management, capacity planning, and disaster recovery, while contributing to documentation and process improvements across teams

Qualification

Linux Operating SystemsSRE philosophyInfrastructure automationPythonKubernetesMonitoringCommunicatorTeam-playerProblem solvingCritical thinking

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Demonstrated experience in software development with one or more programming languages

Experience in Linux Operating Systems, Networking, Database concepts, Monitoring, Shell scripting

Superb analytical ability, problem solving and critical thinking skills

Excellent communicator, team-player, self-starter and fast learner

Preferred

Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

Proficient in any of the following languages: Python, GoLang, C++

Expertise in any of the following: SRE philosophy, AIOPS, APM, Disaster Recovery

Expertise in any of these tech stacks: Kubernetes, ElasticSearch, ClickHouse, Message Queue, OpenTSDB, Service Mesh

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.

Founded in 2003

Los Angeles, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.tiktok.com

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Leadership Team

N Ali Mohamed

CEO

Blake Chandlee

VP Global Business Solutions

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