Tiktok - Washington, DC

posted 2 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Washington, DC
Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

About the position

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. U.S. Data Security (USDS) is a subsidiary of TikTok in the U.S., created to enhance focus and governance on data protection policies and content assurance protocols to ensure the safety of U.S. users. The USDS team is dedicated to providing oversight and protection of the TikTok platform and U.S. user data, allowing millions of Americans to use TikTok for learning, earning, creative expression, and entertainment. The teams within USDS include Trust & Safety, Security & Privacy, Engineering, User & Product Ops, and Corporate Functions, all working together to fulfill this commitment. As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will be part of a security team responsible for operating security infrastructures, platforms, and technologies. This role offers a unique opportunity to engage with the company's strategic security initiatives, particularly in deploying and maintaining scalable and secure systems. You will face challenges that go beyond typical technical problems, contributing to the development of innovative solutions for unprecedented challenges in the tech industry. The work environment is dynamic, fast-paced, and impactful, allowing you to make a significant difference in the security landscape. To foster collaboration and cross-functional partnerships, TikTok follows a hybrid work schedule, requiring employees to work in the office three days a week, with flexibility as directed by management. This model is regularly reviewed, and specific requirements may change over time.

Responsibilities

  • Work with infrastructure, product, and platform engineering teams on operating and deploying software platforms, capacity planning, and launch reviews throughout the entire lifecycle of services.
  • Maintain sustainable reliability and scalability of software systems by improving automation to measure and monitor availability, latency, and overall system health.
  • Consistently evolve systems by advocating for changes that enhance system reliability and release velocity.
  • Practice sustainable incident response and conduct postmortems.

Requirements

  • BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or relevant majors with 2+ years of working experience.
  • Experience in programming, debugging, and optimization skills in general-purpose programming languages such as Go, Python, C/C++, Rust, or Java.
  • Experience working with Unix/Linux systems from kernel to shell and beyond.
  • Experience analyzing and debugging production issues at scale.
  • Understanding of infrastructure-as-code concepts, approaches, methods, and tooling.

Nice-to-haves

  • Hands-on experience with large cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Experience coding infrastructure with tools such as Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or SaltStack.
  • Experience securing infrastructure in a distributed system with automation or practicing chaos engineering.
  • Experience in web application development, Unix/Linux environments, distributed and parallel systems, developing large software systems, mobile application development, and/or security software development.

Benefits

  • 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents, and a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company match.
  • Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life, and AD&D insurance plans.
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options for Health Care, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care.
  • 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.
  • 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.
  • Mental and emotional health benefits through EAP and Lyra.
  • 401K company match, gym, and cellphone service reimbursements.
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