SRE Tech Lead Manager — Global Video Platform

TikTok USDS Joint Venture; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 198,360 - 416,100; Full time

Job summary

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is seeking a senior Site Reliability Engineer leader to guide a team building a world-class video processing platform. You will own architecture decisions for a globally distributed service mesh, drive observability initiatives, and lead incident response and production ownership practices.

The role requires strong Unix/Linux knowledge, cloud-native design, and hands-on contribution in Go/Python/Java, with a focus on reliability, security, and team development in a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
• Experience running high-availability web services at massive scale with cloud-native architectures and networking concepts
• Experience in design/development or SRE in video streaming or related services
• Proven experience leading a small to mid-size team while maintaining hands-on technical contributions
• Strong understanding of Unix/Linux OS internals and networking fundamentals
• Proficiency in production-grade code in Go, Python, Java or similar languages
• Proven track record of establishing and implementing SRE best practices across engineering organizations

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of Site Reliability Engineers focused on building observable, fault-tolerant video services with high availability
• Drive architectural decisions for large-scale, globally distributed service mesh architectures
• Establish and maintain production ownership models, incident response protocols, and service level agreements
• Develop strategic roadmaps for observability and automation initiatives that enhance system reliability
• Balance technical contributions with people management responsibilities, including career development and performance evaluations
• Foster a culture of trust, continuous learning and improvement, and knowledge sharing within the team and across the organization
• Lead security initiatives to safeguard critical assets, partnering with security and compliance teams to implement robust protocols and enforcement

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architectures

SRE/Video streaming

People leadership

Unix/Linux

Networking fundamentals

Go/Python/Java

SRE best practices

Kubernetes

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is seeking a senior Site Reliability Engineer leader to guide a team building a world-class video processing platform. You will own architecture decisions for a globally distributed service mesh, drive observability initiatives, and lead incident response and production ownership practices.

The role requires strong Unix/Linux knowledge, cloud-native design, and hands-on contribution in Go/Python/Java, with a focus on reliability, security, and team development in a