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Site Reliability Engineer Intern (Global SRE) - 2027 Summer

Today San Jose, CA

Responsibilities

The monetization technology team works on building and running large-scale, globally distributed, fault-tolerant ads systems. SREs keep the systems up and running with the highest level of availability, ensuring our users have the best experience possible.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship. Our internship program offers students hands-on experience, industry exposure, and opportunities to apply their knowledge to real-world challenges while building a strong foundation for personal and professional growth.
Interns will gain practical experience, explore potential career paths, and participate in social events, learning programs, and development workshops alongside industry professionals.
Candidates may apply to a maximum of two positions across Our Company and its affiliates globally. Applications will be considered in the order they are submitted.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early. Please clearly state your availability in your resume, including your start and end dates.

Responsibilities:
- Own the reliability of TikTok's global advertising systems, participate in the design of reliability architecture, and ensure high availability of large-scale advertising systems.
- Design, implement, validate, and continuously optimize global disaster recovery (DR) solutions for the advertising systems, and lead disaster recovery preparedness and incident response.

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- Manage and plan infrastructure capacity for the advertising systems, ensuring resources scale efficiently with business growth while continuously improving infrastructure utilization through performance optimization.
- Develop reliability platforms and engineering tools for the advertising systems, including monitoring, alerting, SLO management, risk governance, and resource management.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Expertise in Unix/Linux operating systems, IP networking.
- Experience programming in at least one of the following programming languages: Python, Go, C, C++, or Java.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, a strong sense of ownership, and excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in SRE internship for large-scale advertising, recommendation, search systems, or large-scale cloud platforms.

By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to our global applicant privacy policy, which may be accessed here: https://careers.tiktok.com/legal/privacy

Client-provided location(s): San Jose, CA
Job ID: TikTok-7670874691332212997
Employment Type: INTERN
Posted: 2026-08-21T06:17:20

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • HSA
    • Life Insurance
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • Snacks
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Happy Hours
    • Some Meals Provided
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Performance Bonus
    • Company Equity
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
    • Mentor Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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