SRE Engineer: Reliability & Automation for Global Infra

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is seeking a Software Engineer, Reliability and Efficiency to help build and operate highly available, globally distributed systems for TikTok's AI infra. You will partner across teams to improve resilience, automation, and operational workflows in a security-conscious production environment.

You will design and implement tools for observability, capacity management, and incident response, while advancing migration and upgrade efforts across multi-region services in

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 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.

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

SRE/DevOps experience

Go/Python/C/C++/Java

Linux systems fundamentals

CI/CD practices

Distributed systems design/troublesh

Observability tooling awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree or above in CS/Software Engineering or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

Distributed tracing

AWS/GCP/Azure

Job description

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is seeking a Software Engineer, Reliability and Efficiency to help build and operate highly available, globally distributed systems for TikTok's AI infra. You will partner across teams to improve resilience, automation, and operational workflows in a security-conscious production environment.

You will design and implement tools for observability, capacity management, and incident response, while advancing migration and upgrade efforts across multi-region services in