Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Data Infrastructure (Seattle)

5 Months ago • 5 Years + • DevOps • $177,688 PA - $266,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

ByteDance's Data Infrastructure Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to contribute to the design, development, and management of large-scale, highly distributed systems. You'll be responsible for the entire service lifecycle, from inception to refinement, encompassing tasks such as capacity planning, launch reviews, and incident response. You'll also play a key role in building and managing components of cloud-managed data infrastructure, including technologies like Kubernetes, Redis, MySQL, Flink, and more. This role requires a strong understanding of Unix/Linux system internals, networking, and distributed systems, along with proficiency in programming languages like C, C++, Java, Python, Go, and Rust.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 5+ years of experience
  • Experience programming in C, C++, Java, Python, Go, or Rust
  • Familiar with Unix/Linux systems, networking, and distributed systems
Good to have:
  • Experience with MySQL, Redis, Nginx, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenStack, Hadoop, Spark, Flink
  • Experience in designing and analyzing large-scale distributed systems
  • Expertise in cost optimization, resource management, and infrastructure planning
  • Strong skills in problem-solving and communication
  • Experience in building and operating a stability assurance system
Perks:
  • 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance
  • 75% premium coverage for dependents
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with company match
  • Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Options
  • 10 paid holidays per year
  • 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO)
  • 10 paid sick days per year
  • 12 weeks of paid Parental leave
  • 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability
  • Mental and emotional health benefits
  • 401K company match
  • Gym and cellphone service reimbursements

Job Details

Responsibilities
Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Helo, and Resso, as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content. Why Join Us Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us. Our data infrastructure Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is a pioneer in innovation. We seamlessly merge software development and infrastructure operations to design, build, and manage large-scale, highly distributed systems. We take pride in overseeing one of the industry's most extensive cloud infrastructures. As software development evolves, building systems from a mix of components has become the new standard. In this era, SRE takes a central role. This role demands the ability to design, develop, and operate these components, transforming them into cloud-managed, scalable, and reliable elements. Our professionals play a critical role as connectors, ensuring the seamless integration of these diverse components to deliver high-performing systems. Our SRE field is about actively shaping the future of technology, not just keeping pace with it. We contribute significantly to the next chapter of data infrastructure. We're currently in the process of building global teams around the world. Join us today and embark on this transformative journey! Responsibilities: - Participate in and enhance the complete service lifecycle, from inception and design, through development, capacity planning, launch reviews, deployment, operation, and refinement. - Design and implement software platforms and monitoring frameworks to govern service-oriented architecture (SOA) efficiently, automatically, and intelligently. - Develop and manage components of cloud-managed data infrastructure, encompassing technologies such as Kubernetes, Redis, MySQL, Flink, and more. - Establish sustainable mechanisms for scaling systems, such as automation, to drive enhancements in reliability, efficiency, and velocity. - Provide sustainable user support, manage incident responses, and conduct blameless postmortems as part of our ongoing efforts to improve our systems. - Design and implement strategic solutions for optimal resource utilization and budget alignment, as well as integrate these solutions into product tools to drive cost reduction and enhance automated platform capabilities. - Responsible for designing stability solutions, managing technical issues, optimizing system operations, using product tools for scalable solutions, and understanding industry trends to provide personalized stability solutions.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field with 5+ years of experience • Experience programming in one of the following Languages: C, C++, Java, Python, Go, and Rust • Familiar with Unix/Linux system internals, networking, and distributed systems • [Preferred] Experience in MySQL, Redis, Ngnix, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenStack, Hadoop, Spark, Flink, etc. • [Preferred] Experience in designing and analyzing large-scale distributed systems • [Preferred] Expertise in cost optimization, resource management, infrastructure planning, a systematic and product-oriented mindset, and proven abilities in project management as well as data structure and analysis • [Preferred] Hands-on experience in ensuring system stability, optimizing complex processes, implementing high availability architectures, promoting stability awareness, and having previously built and operated a stability assurance system from the ground up. This system should highlight process formalization, standardization, usage of tooling, and continuous improvements • [Preferred] Strong skills in problem-solving and communication ByteDance 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 ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. 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. ByteDance Inc. 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 dataecommerce.accommodations@bytedance.com
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually)

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 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.

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. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

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.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

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:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

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