Site Reliability Engineer: Scale, Automation & Infra Excellence

TikTok; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer in Australia to own reliability and efficiency of our core infrastructure. You will tackle scale challenges using coding, algorithms, and large-scale system design, while promoting ownership and mentorship within the team.

The role emphasizes designing automated operations, implementing monitoring frameworks, and ensuring data protection and compliance across systems.

Qualifications

• Solid basic knowledge of computer software.
• Understanding of Linux OS, storage IO and related principles.
• Familiarity with Python, Go, or Java.
• Knowledge of design patterns and coding principles.

Responsibilities

• Reliability: ensure core infrastructure reliability and efficiency; set up reliability standards and recovery SOPs.
• Troubleshooting: locate issues, bottleneck analysis, maintain high availability architecture.
• Efficiency: build automated operation solutions for large-scale systems; partner with development teams for iteration.
• Efficiency: design and implement software platforms and monitoring frameworks for SOA governance.
• Cost: monitor and budget systems to optimize company costs.
• Compliance: design and implement data protection plans to meet standards.

Skills

Linux fundamentals

Programming (Python, Go, Java)

System reliability

Code, algorithms, and design

Monitoring and SOA governance

Education

Bachelor's / Master's in Computer Science or related

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker/Containers

Redis

MySQL

MongoDB

Kafka

Job description

TikTok is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer in Australia to own reliability and efficiency of our core infrastructure. You will tackle scale challenges using coding, algorithms, and large-scale system design, while promoting ownership and mentorship within the team.

The role emphasizes designing automated operations, implementing monitoring frameworks, and ensuring data protection and compliance across systems.