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TikTok · 3 days ago

Site Reliability Engineer Graduate (Compute Platform) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad

$119K/yr - $187K/yr

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking talented individuals to join their Compute Platform SRE team in 2026. The role involves ensuring the reliability of major data warehouse products and services, optimizing performance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Responsible for the reliability of all TikTok's major data warehouse products, services, and query engines, such as ClickHouse, Spark, Presto, Doris, etc

Uphold Service Level Agreements (SLAs): Ensure that all service level objectives and agreements from ByteDance's Data Platform services are met. Respond promptly to any system outages or issues

Continuous Performance Optimization: Analyze service performance and reliability patterns to identify potential performance bottlenecks. Implement proactive measures to prevent service disruptions. Work with development teams to optimize application performance, ensuring that services run efficiently and that resources are utilized effectively

Incident Management: Lead efforts to troubleshoot and resolve service incidents and postmortems. Coordinate with cross-functional teams to manage and mitigate service-impacting events

Infrastructure Automation: Automate infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and management processes to reduce manual interventions and improve service quality

Collaboration: Engage with product and development teams to integrate reliability and performance considerations into the software lifecycle

Capacity and Demand Planning: Assess and forecast infrastructure needs based on growth patterns and upcoming initiatives

Stay Updated: Keep current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to site reliability and infrastructure engineering

Qualification

LinuxKubernetesDatabasesPythonBig Data technologiesNetworkingProblem-solvingCollaborationCustomer-first mindset

Required

Bachelor's Degree or above, in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Passionate about computer science and Internet technology

In-depth understanding of Linux, computer networking, and databases

Proficient in common SRE/DevOps open-source toolsets, system monitoring tools, and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes

Experience or familiarity with open-source or commercial technologies such as ClickHouse, Hadoop, Doris, Spark, Presto and Kubernetes

Strong coding skills in at least one scripting or programming language, including but not limited to Python, Shell, Java, Go, etc

Preferred

Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically under pressure

Strong customer-first mindset

Strong sense of ownership and easy to collaborate with

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

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

Glassdoor3.4

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

H1B Sponsorship

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