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TikTok · 17 hours ago

Site Reliability Engineer, Compute - USDS

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$130K/yr - $246K/yr

3+ years exp

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join their U.S. Data Security division. This role involves managing large-scale systems, ensuring system scalability, and collaborating with software engineering teams to enhance operational efficiency.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

No H1B

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain automation procedures to maximize system efficiency and minimize human intervention

Work closely with software engineering teams to design, deploy and operate elements to ensure that systems are functionally robust

Ensure system scalability to handle growth in web traffic and data

Implement monitoring tools and set up metrics to keep track of system health and performance

Participate in on-call rotations, assist with incident management, and diagnose, resolve, and prevent production issues

Conduct performance tests to find and address system bottlenecks

Collaborate with teams across the organization to define Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

Practice sustainable user support, incident response, and blameless postmortems

Qualification

Site Reliability EngineeringAutomation proceduresProgramming languagesLarge-scale systemsNetwork architectureDatabase modelingCloud systemsLinux operating systemsMonitoring toolsContainer orchestrationProblem-solving skillsStrategic thinkingCommunication skillsCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field with 3+ years of experience

Proven work experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, Systems Engineer, or similar software engineering role

Passionate about operational excellence through methodical automation and engineering processes using programming languages such as Go, Python and/or any other languages

Experience in network architecture, database modeling, cloud systems and large-scale distributed systems

Strong understanding of Linux operating systems and open-source technologies

Excellent problem-solving skills, strategic thinking, and a strong ability to debug complex systems

Exceptional communication skills and the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams