Software Engineer-SRE, Edge Services - San Jose, United States - TikTok

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    Responsibilities TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo. Why Join UsCreation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.

    Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.

    To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team.

    Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve. Join us.

    Our infrastructure team operates a large network of POPs around the world hosting edge services, such as traffic acceleration, CDN cache, gaming, etc.

    We are seeking experienced reliability/performance engineers to maintain stability and to optimize the performance of various edge services and products running on top of our Kubernetes-based platform (PaaS), and to create solutions for ever growing business needs on the edge.

    Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed infrastructures. Our SREs are tasked with ensuring the infrastructure services are reliable, fault-tolerant, efficiently scalable and cost-effective.

    You will have the opportunity to manage a variety of complex systems at scale, including systems that administer hyperscale datacenters and public cloud, global content distribution networks (CDNs) and load balancers that handle Tbps of traffic.

    You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with various teams to translate business needs into concrete action items, and/or improvements in system design or procedures.

    Responsibilities

    • Build metrics, tools, automations, visualizations and monitors to facilitate the operation and optimization of the edge services.
    • Build insights through statistical analysis to help drive targeted deployments to expand the coverage of our global infrastructure.
    • Analyze, design and implement solutions at the system level to remove bottlenecks and improve edge service performance.
    • Work in a fast-paced environment. Participate in technical operations and rotations in response to performance and reliability issues.
    Qualifications Minimum qualifications

    • Master's degree (or Bachelor's degree with 2+) years of experience in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related major
    • 2+ years experience working with Unix Linux systems from kernel to shell and beyond with experience working with system libraries, file systems, and client-server protocols.
    • 2+ years experience in one or more programming languages such as Java, C++, Go, or scripting experience in Shell and Python.
    Preferred qualifications

    • Self-driven and capable of coping with ambiguity and moving projects from concept to delivery.
    • Strong in analytical skills and the ability to solve real world problems in a fast moving environment.
    • Experience in designing, analyzing and building automation and tools for large scale systems
    • Experience in building solutions with AWS, Google, Azures and other cloud services.
    • Experience in networking technologies such TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, etc. in a carrier-grade environment.
    • Experience in developing and operating one or more of following systems: OpenStack, Kubernetes, Nginx, ipvs, ELK stack, Hadoop, etc.
    TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

    To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach.

    We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

    TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws.

    If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at Information[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $ $280000 annually.

    Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location.

    Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

    Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life.


    We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:

    We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match.

    As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.


    Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

    We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.