Tech Lead: Data Infrastructure & Site Reliability

ByteDance; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 232,560 - 427,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Paid holidays

Paid sick days

Paid personal time

Job summary

ByteDance in Seattle seeks a Tech Lead for Data Infrastructure Site Reliability to design, build, and operate large-scale cloud infrastructure. You will lead reliability initiatives and collaborate with Advertising, ML, E-commerce, and Core Infra teams.

The role requires 5+ years in SRE/Dev, hands-on with databases, Kubernetes, or big data, and strong systems knowledge. It offers competitive base pay, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities to influence system design.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Software Development, or related fields.
• Deep hands-on expertise in databases (SQL/NoSQL), Kubernetes, or Big Data processing and storage.
• Strong knowledge of system architecture, distributed systems, and performance bottlenecks.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, and data science teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate large-scale cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Lead automation initiatives to reduce toil and improve efficiency.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root-cause analysis.
• Promote best practices in observability, performance optimization, and cost efficiency.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

SRE/Dev experience

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Big Data

Databases

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

ByteDance in Seattle seeks a Tech Lead for Data Infrastructure Site Reliability to design, build, and operate large-scale cloud infrastructure. You will lead reliability initiatives and collaborate with Advertising, ML, E-commerce, and Core Infra teams.

The role requires 5+ years in SRE/Dev, hands-on with databases, Kubernetes, or big data, and strong systems knowledge. It offers competitive base pay, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities to influence system design.