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Job description
Responsibilities
About the team The Product Engineering team monitors and maintains the availability of TikTok, including services such as video playback, content discovery/recommendations, live streaming, and customer service feedback.
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
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor or above degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline with 3+ years experience in the deployment and administration of large-scale distributed systems
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
Experience in one or more programming languages, such as C, C++, Java, Python, Go, Ruby, Rust, JavaScript
Experience in debugging and optimizing code and automate routine tasks
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
Experience in designing and analyzing large-scale distributed systems is preferred
Strong skills in problem solving and communication
About USDS
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is dedicated to the safety and security of millions of Americans who create, discover, and connect with what they love on the apps we operate. The Joint Venture has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25, 2025. Our foundation is a comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity program we operate under defined safeguards to protect national security and secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm. We safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem, holding decision-making authority for trust and safety policies and moderation. USDS Joint Venture helps ensure Americans can continue to express their creativity, discover new hobbies and interests, and build thriving communities and businesses on a global scale.
On-site presence across teams allows the company to operate with greater speed, alignment, and agility — especially in areas like real-time decision-making, team development, and integrated execution. As such, the company is shifting from a hybrid work model to a fully in-person schedule up to 5 days a week.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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.
USDS Reasonable Accommodation
USDS 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
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $ - $ 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.
Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance
Employees have day one access to a 401(k) savings plan with company match
Employees have day one access to paid parental leave
Employees have day one access to short-term and long-term disability coverage
Employees have day one access to life insurance
Employees have day one access to wellbeing benefits
Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year
Employees also receive 10 paid sick days per year
Employees also receive 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
Exercising sound judgment.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
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Worksite address
seattle, WA, 98127, US
Who can apply
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