Senior Software Engineer- Stability & Observability

At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
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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

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $194000 - $355000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are: 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 as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.