Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us: At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate, and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.
The Edge Platform team is seeking experienced SRE to develop our edge platform networking and maintain its stability as well as drive the functionality and capability of our infrastructure to the next level. Our team builds cross sites (also cross uplink providers) traffic management system based on DNS, to manage TikTok's self-built CDN PoPs, supporting user performance optimization and resource load balancing. Edge Platform team operates hundreds of PoPs and their networking and traffic around the world to run edge workloads (e.g. CDN cache, live streaming, gaming, real-time communication, etc.). The cross site traffic management system is one of the core parts of the platform, as it has a direct impact on user experience. We are looking for passionate engineers to join and work together to build a traffic management system that provides one-stop solutions for edge services running on our edge platform.
Responsibilities
- Design and build a control system that directs traffic following performance optimization strategies through DNS.
- Automate optimized traffic management strategies for global TikTok users.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree (or bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience) in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related quantitative fields.
- Experience with multi-provider edge sites and understanding different uplink contract types.
- Experience with networking protocols such as BGP, IP (IPv4 and IPv6).
- 5+ years’ experience in one or more programming languages such as Go, or scripting experience in Shell and Python.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with DNS server and DNS query types.
- Knowledge of protocols like SNMP, sFlow.
- Experience with Kubernetes.
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
Job Information:
For Pay Transparency
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $177688 - $266000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, 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.
- 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.
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