About TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC 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.
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.
About the Team Our team plays a crucial role in ensuring the company’s success. We seek people who are willing to learn and put in the effort to solve problems. Our challenges are not your regular day-to-day problems - you’ll be part of a team that’s developing new solutions to new challenges. It’s working fast, at scale, and we’re making a difference. We are looking for talents to join us on this exciting journey!
Responsibilities Collaborate with product engineering teams to design, develop, and launch scalable, high-performance systems for video services. Develop infrastructure automation tools to continuously measure and monitor service availability, latency, throughput, and overall system health, ensuring scalable growth and sustained system performance. Execute end-to-end lifecycle management of critical systems, including implementing structured change management process, conducting safe and efficient deployments, coordinating ongoing operations, and performing emergency response efforts. Monitor distributed systems in production, using observability tools and dashboards to detect anomalies, troubleshoot incidents, and uphold service level agreements and quality assurance metrics. Drive continuous improvement across all stages of the infrastructure lifecycle, from design and development through to deployment, monitoring and iterative refinement based on user feedback and system performance data.
Qualifications Must have a Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Information Systems, Information Science, Mathematics, or a related field, and 1 year of related work experience; OR a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Information Systems, Information Science, Mathematics, or a related field, and 3 years of related work experience.
Of the required experience, must have 1 year of experience in each of the following: Providing functionality and reliability support for critical site components by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health; Automating and managing the full release lifecycle, including code development, build, testing, validation, and deployment; Analyzing error logs to identify issues and working with service owners to resolve issues, document their origins and develop future prevention mechanisms; Designing and developing CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery) pipelines to standardize and automate phases of the software development lifecycle, including testing; and Monitoring and coordinating the maintenance and functionality of server infrastructures across Linux platforms.
Travel Requirement: International and domestic travel required up to 10%.
Employer: TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC Type: Full time, 40 hours/week Location: San Jose, CA
Salary Range: $221374 - $259200 per year
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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.
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