Site Reliability Engineer - Video Live Streaming Architecture

Responsibilities

About TikTok

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.

About

The Video Live Streaming Architecture team is responsible for business facing experience and cost of the Live Streaming platform. They build a competitive video transmission network and multimedia processing platform, building data foundation and analysis capabilities, driving product refined operation, reducing costs and increasing efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Build global infrastructure for multi-media transport, storage and process, to serve billions of users all over the world.
• Engage in global production system management such as monitoring, emergency response, capacity planning and optimization.
• Build tools, automations, visualizations and monitors to facilitate the operation and optimization of the global infrastructure.
• Engage in and improve the whole service lifecycle, from inception and design, through deployment, operation and refinement.
• Scale up systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation, and initiate changes that improve system reliability and processing speed.
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical background involving software/system engineering, or equivalent working experience.
• Good programming experience with at least one of the following languages: C, C++, Java, Python, or Go.
• Extensive knowledge of networking, operation system, database system and container technology.
• Good understanding of every aspect of microservice architecture, and hands on experience in troubleshooting in large scale distributed systems.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands on experience in common open-source system such as Linux, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis and ELK.
• Experience in building solutions with AWS, Google, Azures and other cloud services
• Working in international teams and across timezones effectively (US, Dublin, China, Singapore)
• Passionate, self-motivated and good teamwork skills.
  
  

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.

In the spirit of reconciliation, TikTok acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.