Site Reliability Engineer, Network and Traffic - USDS

Responsibilities
The infrastructure team of US Tech Services Department at Tik Tok supports the company's fast growth by building and operating hyper-scale datacenters, managing the life cycle of server fleet, providing cloud solutions, and developing various infrastructure services and making sure they are scalable and are reliable.

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed infrastructures. Our SREs are tasked to ensure the infrastructure services are reliable, fault-tolerant, efficiently scalable and cost-effective.

In order to enhance collaboration and cross-functional partnerships, among other things, at this time, our organization follows a hybrid work schedule that requires employees to work in the office 3 days a week, or as directed by their manager/department. We regularly review our hybrid work model, and the specific requirements may change at any time.

Responsibilities

• Build tools, automations, visualizations and monitors to facilitate the operation and optimization of the global infrastructure.

• Work in a fast-paced environment. Participate in technical operations and rotations in response to performance and reliability issues.

• Help improve the whole lifecycle of infrastructure services from inception and design throughout development, to deployment, user support and refinement

Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:

• Master’s degree (or Bachelor's degree with 3+) years of experience in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related major

• 3+ years experience working with Unix Linux systems from kernel to shell and beyond with experience working with system libraries, file systems, and client-server protocols.

• 3+ years experience in one or more programming languages such as Java, C++, Go, or scripting experience in Shell and Python.

Preferred qualifications

• Self-driven and capable of coping with ambiguity and move projects from concept to delivery.

• Strong in analytical skills and the ability to solve real world problems in a fast moving environment.

• Experience in designing, analyzing and building automation and tools for large scale systems

• Experience in building solutions with AWS, GCP, Azures and other cloud services.

• Experience in networking technologies such TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, etc. in a carrier-grade environment.

• Experience in developing and operating one or more of following systems:
Open Stack, Kubernetes, Nginx, ipvs, ELK stack, Hadoop, etc.

"As a condition of employment, all successful candidates must be able to establish authorization to work in the United States. For this position, the Company does not provide sponsorship for any immigration-related benefits."

About USDS
Tik Tok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. U.S. Data Security (“USDS”) is a subsidiary of Tik Tok in the U.S. This new, security-first division was created to bring heightened focus and governance to our data protection policies and content assurance protocols to keep U.S. users safe. Our focus is on providing oversight and protection of the Tik Tok platform and U.S. user data, so millions of Americans can continue turning to Tik Tok to learn something new, earn a living, express themselves creatively, or be entertained.

The teams within USDS that deliver on this commitment daily span across Trust & Safety, Security & Privacy, Engineering, User & Product Ops, Corporate Functions and more.

Data Security Statement
This role requires the ability to work with and support systems designed to protect sensitive data and information. As such, this role will be subject to strict national security-related screening.

Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of Tik Tok'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…