TikTok · 15 hours ago
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Data Infrastructure
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$178K/yr - $342K/yr
5+ years expTikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. They are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer for their data infrastructure team to design, build, and manage large-scale, highly distributed systems while ensuring the seamless integration of diverse components.
Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo
Responsibilities
Participate in and enhance the complete service lifecycle, from inception and design, through development, capacity planning, launch reviews, deployment, operation, and refinement
Design and implement software platforms and monitoring frameworks to govern service-oriented architecture (SOA) efficiently, automatically, and intelligently
Develop and manage components of cloud-managed data infrastructure, encompassing technologies such as Kubernetes, Redis, MySQL, Flink, and more
Establish sustainable mechanisms for scaling systems, such as automation, to drive enhancements in reliability, efficiency, and velocity
Provide sustainable user support, manage incident responses, and conduct blameless postmortems as part of our ongoing efforts to improve our systems
Design and implement strategic solutions for optimal resource utilization and budget alignment, as well as integrate these solutions into product tools to drive cost reduction and enhance automated platform capabilities
Responsible for designing stability solutions, managing technical issues, optimizing system operations, using product tools for scalable solutions, and understanding industry trends to provide personalized stability solutions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field with 5+ years of experience
Experience programming in one of the following Languages: C, C++, Java, Python, Go, and Rust
Familiar with Unix/Linux system internals, networking, and distributed systems
Preferred
Experience in MySQL, Redis, Ngnix, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenStack, Hadoop, Spark, Flink, etc
Experience in designing and analyzing large-scale distributed systems
Expertise in cost optimization, resource management, infrastructure planning, a systematic and product-oriented mindset, and proven abilities in project management as well as data structure and analysis
Hands-on experience in ensuring system stability, optimizing complex processes, implementing high availability architectures, promoting stability awareness, and having previously built and operated a stability assurance system from the ground up. This system should highlight process formalization, standardization, usage of tooling, and continuous improvements
Strong skills in problem-solving and communication
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
TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.
10001+ employees
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