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# Site Reliability Engineer - USDS

- **Company:** Tiktok Inc.
- **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $187,040.0 - $359,720.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Systems Engineering, Big Data, Data Structures, Linux, Fault Tolerance, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Big O, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Web Traffics, Apache Spark, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Flink, Software Coding, Docker, Programming Languages
- **Published:** June 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c8220bb434e713cc

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Software coding?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related fields from accredited and reputable institutions. - 1+ years of relevant work experience, with solid knowledge of computer software fundamentals, and understanding of Linux operating system, storage, network IO and other related principles. - Familiar with one or more programming languages, such as Python/Go/Java/Shell/Ansible. - Capable of solving problems systematically, with excellent communication skills and a sense of responsibility. Preferred Qualifications - Possessing algorithmic thinking, good ability in data structures and system design is preferred. - Prior experience in related computing/distributed/big data systems is preferred, such as Kubernetes/Docker/Spark/Flink, etc.

## Description

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at TikTok combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, and fault-tolerant systems. In our team, you'll have the opportunity to manage the complex challenges of scale, while using expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design. We embrace a culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, openness, and problem-solving. We encourage close collaboration while promoting self-direction. Responsibilities: - Develop and maintain automation procedures to maximize system efficiency and minimize human intervention. - Work closely with software engineering teams to design, deploy and operate elements to ensure that systems are functionally robust. - Ensure system scalability to handle growth in web traffic and data. - Implement monitoring tools and set up metrics to keep track of system health and performance. - This position is part of a team that provides 24/7 support and
requires working scheduled shifts, which may include holidays. - Assist with incident management, and diagnose, resolve, and prevent production issues. - Conduct performance tests to find and address system bottlenecks. - Collaborate with teams across the organization to define Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs). - Practice sustainable user support, incident response, and blameless postmortems.


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