Tik Tok
Senior Software Engineer- Stability & Observability
Tik Tok, San Jose, California, United States, 95199
Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
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.
The Privacy Aware Architecture team at TikTok is committed to pioneering innovative architectural solutions and mechanisms that integrate a native understanding of personal data into TikTok's infrastructure. Our paramount goal is to ensure that TikTok's backend systems adhere to the highest standards of security, responsibility, transparency, and privacy consciousness throughout whole lifecyle of user data. We build software solutions spanning various tiers of TikTok's distributed systems, prioritizing the implementation of robust measures such as data minimization, access control, encryption, and purpose limitation. We aim to innovate and practice industry-leading technologies to mitigate privacy risks and safeguard the personal data entrusted to TikTok by its users.
Responsibilities:
- Architect, design, and implement scalable microservices architectures for our complex online systems, ensuring high availability, reliability, and fault-tolerance. - Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines and automation tools to streamline the release, deployment, and monitoring processes for our online systems, ensuring stability and backwards compatibility. - Collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams to design and manage highly available, scalable, and secure infrastructure for our microservices-based applications. - Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure comprehensive observability and timely detection of issues and anomalies. - Conduct thorough performance tuning and optimization of distributed components to meet stringent service-level objectives (SLOs) and performance benchmarks. - Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance, best practices, and emerging technologies.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS Degree in Computer Science or related field, with at least 5 years of working experience in software engineering with a focus on distributed systems, cloud computing, or data intensive real-time services. - Strong expertise in designing, building, and optimizing microservices-based architectures for large-scale online services. - Proficient in at least one programming language, such as Go, Python, or Java, with a solid understanding of software design principles and patterns. - In-depth knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible), and configuration management systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated ability to lead engineering efforts, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive projects to successful completion. - Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts and collaborate effectively with team members at all levels.
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 https://shorturl.at/cdpT2
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
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.
The Privacy Aware Architecture team at TikTok is committed to pioneering innovative architectural solutions and mechanisms that integrate a native understanding of personal data into TikTok's infrastructure. Our paramount goal is to ensure that TikTok's backend systems adhere to the highest standards of security, responsibility, transparency, and privacy consciousness throughout whole lifecyle of user data. We build software solutions spanning various tiers of TikTok's distributed systems, prioritizing the implementation of robust measures such as data minimization, access control, encryption, and purpose limitation. We aim to innovate and practice industry-leading technologies to mitigate privacy risks and safeguard the personal data entrusted to TikTok by its users.
Responsibilities:
- Architect, design, and implement scalable microservices architectures for our complex online systems, ensuring high availability, reliability, and fault-tolerance. - Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines and automation tools to streamline the release, deployment, and monitoring processes for our online systems, ensuring stability and backwards compatibility. - Collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams to design and manage highly available, scalable, and secure infrastructure for our microservices-based applications. - Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure comprehensive observability and timely detection of issues and anomalies. - Conduct thorough performance tuning and optimization of distributed components to meet stringent service-level objectives (SLOs) and performance benchmarks. - Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance, best practices, and emerging technologies.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS Degree in Computer Science or related field, with at least 5 years of working experience in software engineering with a focus on distributed systems, cloud computing, or data intensive real-time services. - Strong expertise in designing, building, and optimizing microservices-based architectures for large-scale online services. - Proficient in at least one programming language, such as Go, Python, or Java, with a solid understanding of software design principles and patterns. - In-depth knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible), and configuration management systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated ability to lead engineering efforts, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive projects to successful completion. - Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts and collaborate effectively with team members at all levels.
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 https://shorturl.at/cdpT2