Site Reliability Engineer, Data Platform - USDS

TikTok; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Accommodations for candidates with disabilities

Job summary

A leading tech company is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for their U.S. Data Security division. You will improve service lifecycle and ensure data services are reliable and scalable. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and experience with programming languages such as Java, Go, or Python. This position requires authorization to work in the U.S. and does not offer visa sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Min 2 years experience writing code in a programming language.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Ability to establish authorization to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Engage in the entire service lifecycle, from inception to refinement.
• Ensure services are reliable and fault-tolerant.
• Design and implement scalable big data systems.

Skills

Programming in Java, Go, Python

Algorithms and data structures

Complexity analysis

Software design

Systematic problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Hadoop

Kafka

Spark

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer, Data Platform - USDS

Responsibilities

• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of service, from inception and design, through to deployment, operation and refinement.
• Ensure reliable, fault-tolerant, efficiently scalable and cost-effective data, services and infrastructures.
• Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency and overall system health. Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems.
• Establish best engineering practice for engineers as well as non-technical people.
• Design and implement reliable, scalable, robust and extensible big data systems that support core products and business.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field involving software or systems engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Min 2 years experience writing code in Java, Go, Python or a similar language.
  • Experience with algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis and software design.
• Preferred Qualifications
  • Knowledge about a variety of strategies for ingesting, modeling, processing, and persisting data, ETL design and dimensional modeling.
  • Familiarity with running production grade services at scale and understanding cloud native technologies and networking.
  • Experience developing tools and APIs to reduce human interaction with systems and applications using a variety of coding and scripting standards.
  • Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems (Hadoop, M/R, Hive, Spark, Metastore, Presto, Flume, Kafka, ClickHouse, Flink or comparable solutions).
  • Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with effective communication skills and a sense of drive.

Other requirements

• As a condition of employment, all successful candidates must be able to establish authorization to work in the United States. For this position, the Company does not provide sponsorship for any immigration-related benefits.

About USDS

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. U.S. Data Security (USDS) is a subsidiary of TikTok in the U.S. This division focuses on data protection policies and content assurance protocols to keep U.S. users safe. The teams within USDS span Trust & Safety, Security & Privacy, Engineering, User & Product Ops and more.

Data Security Statement: This role requires the ability to work with and support systems designed to protect sensitive data and information. It is subject to national security-related screening.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our diverse teams work together to create value for communities, inspire creativity and bring joy. We foster curiosity, humility and a drive to make an impact in a rapidly growing tech company.

Diversity & Inclusion

TikTok is committed to an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and perspectives. We celebrate diverse voices and aim to reflect the communities we reach.

USDS Reasonable Accommodation

USDS provides reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities or other protected reasons. If you need assistance, please reach out to us at tinyurl.com/USDS-RA.