SRE Tech Lead - Cloud Infrastructure

TikTok; Ireland; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking an SRE Tech Lead for Cloud Infrastructure in Dublin to lead and grow a high-performing team responsible for scalable, reliable infrastructure. You will balance hands-on engineering work with people management and partner with cross-functional teams to drive efficiency and innovation.

Ideal candidates will have expertise in distributed systems, strong coding skills in Python or Golang, and a degree in CS or a related field.

Qualifications

• Expertise in analyzing and troubleshooting distributed systems.
• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience programming in Python or Golang.

Responsibilities

• Grow and lead a team of engineers committed to building and operating scalable and reliable Infrastructure Platform systems.
• Be both technically hands-on and people manager.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to both your team members and project peers.
• Communicate cross-functionally across various teams, organizations and stakeholders to drive engineering efforts.
• Lead the team's innovation efforts, bring in new ideas and technologies.

Skills

Distributed systems analysis

Programming in Python

Programming in Golang

Education

Bachelor/Master in CS or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

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@2026 TikTok

Technology

SRE Tech Lead - Cloud Infrastructure

Location:

Dublin

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code:

A36722

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Responsibilities

The Technical Infrastructure SRE team is responsible for managing the whole infrastructure and applications. Our mission is to ensure all production systems can support our fast growing world-wide user base as well as keep the entire systems stable, efficient and cost effective. We manage deployments, system capacity, traffic scheduling, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, emergency response, automations, operation platforms development, etc. Be responsible for the basic engineering construction of byte infrastructure products & components, focusing on infrastructure O&M architecture optimization, automated O&M platform research and development, data and intelligent O&M. Through the methodology of software engineering and digital intelligence, O&M, around the O&M requirements of infrastructure products & components, built a layered and systematic O&M platform to solve the problem of ultra-large-scale cluster O&M management. (Goals) To provide stable, efficient, and low-cost serverless infrastructure facilities for Mid-Platform & Business. We aim to be the leading SRE team across the industry.

• Grow and lead a team of engineers committed to building and operating scalable and reliable Infrastructure Platform systems.
• Be both technically hands-on and people manager.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to both your team members and your project peers.
• Communicate cross-functionally across various teams, organizations and internal and external stakeholders to drive engineering efforts.
• Lead the team's innovation efforts, bring in new ideas and technologies.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications1. Expertise in analyzing and troubleshooting distributed systems.
• Minimum Qualifications2. Bachelor/Master's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field involving software development or systems engineering.
• Minimum Qualifications3. Experience programming in at least one of the following languages: Python or Golang

Preferred Qualifications1. Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally with data science and infrastructure teams.

Preferred Qualifications2. Hands-on in designing, building, scaling, and troubleshooting platform solutions.

Preferred Qualifications3. Strong understanding of code optimizing and routine tasks automation.

Preferred Qualifications4. Experience with compute/storage/database, and relevant system experience with the following: HDFS, Object storage, file storage, KV, Table, Graph, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB, MQ, and Kafka. Kubernetes, Docker/Containers, AIops, Spark, Flink, Function as a service, RPC Framework, and Service Mesh.

Job Information

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.

We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.