TikTok · 10 hours ago
System Performance Engineer - Server Platform
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$137K/yr - $360K/yr
5+ years expTikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a self-motivated Server System Performance Engineer to join their server platform team. The role involves optimizing server system benchmarks, collaborating with various teams to ensure performance targets are met, and evaluating new architectural designs and cloud services.
Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo
Responsibilities
Build up and optimize server system benchmarks based on deep understanding of server system architect, key part performance matrix, and workload characterization
Co-work with CPU, memory, IO controller, SSD engineers and vendors to setup the right performance target for the key parts for the server system
Solve performance related issues
Based on a good understanding of mainstream applications, database, big data, storage, AI computing, profiling, co-work with application team to work out and update the workload profiling system
Work with the application team to solve performance problems and make sure to achieve the best performance on certain hardware
Co-work with server system architects to evaluate new architect design
Co-work with cloud vendors, equipment vendors to evaluate the performance of cloud service or newly introduced hardware
Work with industry consortiums and open standard committees to investigate the emerging technologies or standards, and contribute our research results and visions to the industry
International travel requirement: up to four times per year, including but not limited to China, Europe, and South Asia. Candidates must have a valid passport and be able to obtain the necessary visas
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related majors
Deep understanding of computer system architecture, especially on CPU SoC or Platform Architecture, Interconnect Fabric, and Memory sub-system
Experienced in system performance optimization or software hardware co-design
Understand the implementation of CPU virtualization technology, and distributed system
Demonstrated experience of working collaboratively in cross-functional teams
Preferred
5 years experience in CPU/GPU platform architecture, and/or application performance optimization design or software hardware co-design
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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CEO
Blake Chandlee
VP Global Business Solutions
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