Software Engineer Graduate (Site Reliability Engineering) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

TikTok
San Jose, CA
Job Description
Join TikTok's Generalized Architecture US Tech and Operations team as a Software Engineer Graduate (Site Reliability Engineering). We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth.

Requirements

  • Ensure the stability and reliability of TikTok’s core services; respond quickly to production incidents and build mechanisms and platforms to continuously improve incident handling efficiency.
  • Define and maintain system quality SLAs through continuous, comprehensive data operations; identify and manage system risks to improve reliability, scalability, and performance.
  • Participate in TikTok’s disaster recovery initiatives, including risk assessment, disaster recovery design, capacity planning, and contingency plan development, to strengthen system resilience and fault tolerance.
  • Develop and accumulate best practices, tools, and frameworks for operations and maintenance; provide guidance on system architecture design and component selection; produce high-quality technical and operational documentation.

Benefits

  • Day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage
  • Life insurance
  • Wellbeing benefits
  • 10 paid holidays per year
  • 10 paid sick days per year
  • 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)
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