Responsibilities

About TikTok U.S.Data Security
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. U.S. Data Security ("USDS") is a subsidiary of TikTok in the U.S. This new, security-first division was created to bring heightened focus and governance to our data protection policies and content assurance protocols to keep U.S. users safe. Our focus is on providing oversight and protection of the TikTok platform and U.S. user data, so millions of Americans can continue turning to TikTok to learn something new, earn a living, express themselves creatively, or be entertained. The teams within USDS that deliver on this commitment daily span across Trust & Safety, Security & Privacy, Engineering, User & Product Ops, Corporate Functions and more.

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.

Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Gain a solid understanding of the various components and services that power the TikTok experience
- Maintain services to meet service-level-agreements (SLAs) and service-level-objectives (SLOs) by measuring and monitoring availability, performance, and overall system health
- Participate as part of a global team to support site-up issues to ensure that services are reliable, fault-tolerant, efficiently scalable and cost-effective
- Scale systems sustainability through mechanisms such as automation; evolve systems reliability, efficiency, and velocity by pushing for changes
- Provide user support, incident responses and postmortems

Qualifications

1. Bachelor or above degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline with 3-5+ years experience in the deployment and administration of large-scale distributed systems
2. Strong understanding of Unix/Linux operating systems internals and administration, networking (e.g. TCP/IP, routing, network topologies and hardware), storage systems, and database systems
3. Experience in one or more programming languages, such as C, C++, Java, Python, Go, Ruby, Rust, JavaScript
4. Experience in debugging and optimizing code and automate routine tasks
5. Experience in development, testing, deployment and administration of one or more of the following types of systems: Nginx, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenStack, Hadoop, Spark, Flink, Kafka
6. Experience in designing and analyzing large-scale distributed systems is preferred
7. Strong skills in problem solving and communication

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 usds.accommodations@tiktokusds.com

This role requires the ability to work with and support systems designed to protect sensitive data and information. As such, this role will be subject to strict national security-related screening.