Site Reliability Engineer, Network and Traffic - USDS

TikTok USDS Joint Venture; San Jose (CA); Vor Ort; USD 123.000 - 259.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Paid holidays

Zusammenfassung

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is seeking a Network/SRE specialist to design, build, and operate the TikTok network across backbone, public cloud, and edge/CDN. You will develop and manage a Layer7 load balancer, DNS, and CDN origins, while troubleshooting production traffic with cross-functional teams and external partners.

Ideal candidates have strong networking knowledge, hands-on with data center architectures, and experience with cloud platforms like AWS/GCP/Azure.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field, or 3+ years in a related field.
• Strong knowledge of network protocols and data center networking.
• Experience with load balancers, DNS, CDN origins, and data center networking.

Aufgaben

• Design, build, operate and optimize TikTok network, including backbone, public cloud and Edge/CDN.
• Design, manage, operate and develop Layer7 Load Balancer, CDN origin and DNS.
• Troubleshoot network/traffic issues with Data Center Partners.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive network evolution.
• Work with external vendors and ISPs for device and carrier selection, testing.
• Participate in the global on-call rotation to support production traffic.

Kenntnisse

TCP/IP

BGP

OSPF/IS-IS

MPLS

SNMP

Sflow/netflow

Load Balancers

DNS

Python

Communication

Ausbildung

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Nginx

AWS

GCP

Azure

OCI

Jobbeschreibung

Responsibilities

The infrastructure team of US Tech Services Department at TikTok supports the company's fast growth by building and operating hyper-scale datacenters, managing the life cycle of server fleet, providing cloud solutions, and developing various infrastructure services and making sure they are scalable and are reliable.

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed infrastructures. Our SREs are tasked to ensure the infrastructure services are reliable, fault-tolerant, efficiently scalable and cost-effective.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, operate and optimize TikTok network, not limited to, backbone, public cloud and Edge/CDN.
• Design, manage, operate and contribute to the development of our Layer7 Load Balancer, CDN origin and DNS.
• Troubleshoot network and / or traffic issues in partnership with our Data Center Partners.
• Work with cross-functional teams including but not limited to compute, storage, database, application teams to drive the innovation and evolution of TikTok network.
• Work with external vendors and ISPs for device and carrier selection, perform testing and verification.
• Participate in the global oncall rotation to support production traffic and networking issues.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Good understanding of network protocols including TCP/IP, RSVP, DHCP, BGP, OSPF/IS-IS and MPLS related technologies.
• Good understanding of network monitoring protocols and tools, such as SNMP, Sflow/netflow, Telemetry.
• Hands on experience with one or more of the following: Load Balancers, DNS, CDN origin, Datacenter networking.
• Familiar with data center network architecture, such as CLOS.
• Self-motivated, good communication, written skills and team player.
• Bachelor's in Computer Science or a related field, or experience of three or more years in related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant experience configuring and optimizing Nginx.
• In-depth knowledge of network protocols and implementation in hyper-scale data center networks.
• In-depth knowledge of public cloud architecture, such as AWS, GCP, Azure, Ali Cloud, OCI, etc.
• Good understanding of IPv6 and IPv4-IPv6 co-existence technologies.
• Programming/scripting in Python, Go or other languages.

About USDS

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is dedicated to the safety and security of millions of Americans who create, discover, and connect with what they love on the apps we operate. The Joint Venture has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25, 2025. Our foundation is a comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity program we operate under defined safeguards to protect national security and secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm. We safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem, holding decision-making authority for trust and safety policies and moderation. USDS Joint Venture helps ensure Americans can continue to express their creativity, discover new hobbies and interests, and build thriving communities and businesses on a global scale.

On-site presence across teams allows the company to operate with greater speed, alignment, and agility — especially in areas like real-time decision-making, team development, and integrated execution. As such, the company is shifting from a hybrid work model to a fully in-person schedule up to 5 days a week.

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.

USDS Reasonable Accommodation

USDS is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/USDS-RA

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $122574 - $259200 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
3. Exercising sound judgment.