Site Reliability Engineer - Scale, Uptime & Observability

TikTok USDS Joint Venture; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 122,574 - 259,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Paid parental leave

Short-term and long-term disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays

10 paid sick days

17 days of paid personal time

Job summary

TikTok USDS Joint Venture is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to design and optimize high-concurrency distributed systems, enhance observability, and lead incident response efforts. The suitable candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and must be proficient in programming, with strong Linux system knowledge. Employees can expect a fully in-person work environment and generous benefits, including health insurance and paid time off.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Go, Python, Java, or C++).
• Strong understanding of Linux system internals and distributed systems.
• Experience managing containerized environments such as Kubernetes or Docker.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize high-concurrency distributed systems.
• Build and maintain automation tools to streamline deployments.
• Develop monitoring, alerting, and logging systems.
• Lead global disaster-recovery drills and validate failover mechanisms.
• Respond to high-priority incidents and coordinate service restoration.
• Facilitate blameless post-mortems and transform insights into requirements.
• Manage capacity planning and resource allocation.

Skills

Proficiency in programming languages (Go, Python, Java, C++)

Understanding of Linux system internals

Experience managing containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Infrastructure as Code

Monitoring tools

Job description

TikTok USDS Joint Venture is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to design and optimize high-concurrency distributed systems, enhance observability, and lead incident response efforts. The suitable candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and must be proficient in programming, with strong Linux system knowledge. Employees can expect a fully in-person work environment and generous benefits, including health insurance and paid time off.