Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Video Platform - USDS
About the role
The USDS Video Platform team is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to help improve TikTok's video system. This role involves ensuring software reliability, performing lifecycle management of production systems, monitoring the system, and building tools and automations.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for overall reliability of TikTok's video system, including video publishing and distribution.
- Perform lifecycle management of production systems including change management, service deployment, operations and emergency response.
- Maintain system service level agreement (SLA) by responding to incidents and reviewing and following up all production incidents.
- Manage capacity of compute, storage and network bandwidth resources to ensure system stability and save infrastructure costs.
- Support during big events to ensure the system can handle high volumes of internet traffic.
- Build tools, automations, visualizations and monitors to facilitate operation and optimization of the global infrastructure.
Qualifications
- Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Programming experience with at least one of the following languages: C, C++, Java, Python, C#, or Go.
- Preferred Qualifications: Extensive knowledge of networking, operating systems, database systems, and container technology; good understanding of microservices architecture and large-scale distributed systems; hands-on experience with Linux, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and ELK; experience with AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and other cloud services; passion, self-motivation, and teamwork skills.
About USDS
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC ensures the safety and security of millions of Americans using the apps we operate. The company operates under defined safeguards to protect national security and secure U.S. user data, apps, and the algorithm. It helps ensure Americans can continue to express creativity, discover new hobbies and interests, and build thriving communities and businesses globally. The company is moving from a hybrid work model to a fully in-person schedule up to 5 days a week.
Why Join Us
We inspire creativity and bring joy through our innovative product. We strive to do great things with great people, leading with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact. We are resilient and embrace challenges, constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset.
Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. We celebrate diversity and connect people from across the globe.
USDS Reasonable Accommodation
We are 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.
Job Information
[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (Annually): The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $187,040 - $438,000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of 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, and 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, among others. 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).