SRE Engineer: Global Infra, Automation & Reliability

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-person work schedule

Job summary

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is hiring a Software Engineer, Reliability and Efficiency in San Jose. You will join the AI Infra SRE team to build fault-tolerant, observability-driven systems for TikTok's recommendation and search engines, delivering production ownership and automation across service meshes in a highly secure environment.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams through design, deployment, and incidents, develop self-serve tooling, and contribute to capacity planning and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1+ years of hands-on SRE, DevOps, or Systems Engineering experience managing large-scale, highly reliable systems.
• Strong foundation in Linux operating systems, internal system performance, and networking fundamentals.
• Experience programming in at least one standard language: Go, Python, C/C++, or Java.
• Demonstrated experience in designing, troubleshooting, and maintaining complex distributed systems, with a proven ability to navigate highly dynamic production environments, troubleshoot high-complexity traffic issues, and modernize operational workflows via Bash/shell scripting.
• Familiarity with modern CI/CD practices and automated deployment pipelines.
• High resilience and a strong 'system sense' to navigate ambiguity and break down complex, real-world problems. You should thrive in developing or restricted infrastructure environments, turning these constraints into a unique opportunity to pioneer standard developer tools from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams throughout the entire service lifecycle, from system design consulting and architecture reviews to deployment, operation, and continuous refinement, acting as a strong communicator to align engineering efforts during critical incidents and daily operations.
• Build tools, platforms, and automation to improve service reliability, scalability, R&D efficiency, and operational workflows, while maintaining a healthy balance between deep software development and daily operational duties.
• Ensure high availability and performance of large-scale, multi-region systems by proactively monitoring service health, latency, and key metrics.
• Lead complex infrastructure migrations and system architecture upgrades in a highly restricted compliance environment.
• Drive robust Capacity Management, including resource allocation, stability optimization, and error attribution, while ensuring strict SLA/SLO compliance.
• Drive sustainable incident management, blameless postmortems, and systemic root-cause resolution.

Skills

Linux fundamentals

SRE/DevOps

Programming languages

CI/CD basics

Distributed systems

Shell scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/SE

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is hiring a Software Engineer, Reliability and Efficiency in San Jose. You will join the AI Infra SRE team to build fault-tolerant, observability-driven systems for TikTok's recommendation and search engines, delivering production ownership and automation across service meshes in a highly secure environment.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams through design, deployment, and incidents, develop self-serve tooling, and contribute to capacity planning and