Staff Software Engineer

Mountain View, CA, United States

About TikTok U.S. Data Security TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. U.S. Data Security (“USDS”) is a subsidiary of TikTok in the U.S. This new, security-first division was created to bring heightened focus and governance to our data protection policies and content assurance protocols to keep U.S. users safe. Our focus is on providing oversight and protection of the TikTok platform and U.S. user data, so millions of Americans can continue turning to TikTok to learn something new, earn a living, express themselves creatively, or be entertained. The teams within USDS that deliver on this commitment daily span across Trust & Safety, Security & Privacy, Engineering, User & Product Ops, Corporate Functions and more. Why Join Us Creation 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. About the Team Our team plays a crucial role in ensuring the company’s success. We seek people who are willing to learn and put in the effort to solve problems. Our challenges are not your regular day-to-day problems - you’ll be part of a team that’s developing new solutions to new challenges. It’s working fast, at scale, and we’re making a difference. We are looking for talents to join us on this exciting journey! Responsibilities - Ensure production reliability, availability, and performance of large-scale distributed systems by driving Capacity Planning, Configuration, Tools Automation, and Disaster Tolerance Readiness for the company’s multiple distributed systems. - Guide the SRE team in improving the whole lifecycle of infrastructure services from inception and design, throughout development, capacity planning and launch reviews, to deployment, operation, and refinement. - Design and implement software platforms and monitor frameworks for efficient, automated, and intelligent service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance. - Implement reliable, fault-tolerant, scalable, and cost-effective infrastructures and maintain them by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall health of the system. - Develop docker containers for multiple services and deploy, manage, and monitor them in Kubernetes cluster. - Developing CI/CD tools in Python and write automation Bash Shell scripts. - Debug and troubleshoot, including identifying root causes and developing new debugging tools. - Maintain services to meet service-level-agreements (SLAs) or service-level-objectives (SLOs) by measuring and monitoring availability, performance, and overall system health. - Scale systems sustainability through mechanisms such as automation, evolve systems reliability, efficiency, and velocity by pushing for changes. - Practice sustainable incident response and postmortems. - Provide technical directions and mentorship to other engineers in the team.Qualifications Must have a Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Information Technology, Information Systems Management, or a related field, and 4 years of related work experience; OR a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Information Technology, Information Systems Management, or a related field, and 6 years of related work experience, out of which 5 years must be post-bachelor's, progressive related work experience. Of the required experience, must have 2 years of experience in each of the following: - Managing Hadoop Distributed File Systems for reliability and operability; - Operating and performing tuning of HBase clusters; - Designing and implementing complex distributed systems using Python; - Designing and operating High Availability infrastructure using MySQL; - Operating Large-scale Distributed Key-Value Store installations; and - Garbage Collection and Performance Tuning for JVM-based applications. Travel Requirement: Domestic travel up to 15% required. Employer: TikTok U.S. Data Security Inc. Type: Full time, 40 hours/week Location:Mountain View, CA Salary Range: $283442 - $410000 per year To Apply, click the apply button below. Contact [email protected] if you have difficulty submitting resume through the website. TikTok U.S. Data Security 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 U.S. Data Security, 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 U.S. Data Security 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 [email protected]. #LI-DNI #IND-DNI