Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible. Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
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We are looking for talented individuals to join us for a graduate program in 2025. Graduate programs at TikTok aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Watch your ambitions become reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at TikTok.
The Security Engineering SRE team plays a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, maintainability, and performance of a diverse set of security products broadly reaching across all areas of our business. We are an integral part of the organization, with deep integration into nearly every technical system within the company.
As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to deliver impactful work, contributing to solutions that support the delivery of the TikTok application, along with a variety of services that are essential to nearly every internal system, and a range of products offered on the Volcano public cloud platform.
Responsibilities include:
- Improving the reliability and maintainability of services through consultation, design and implementation
- Automating common problems
- Identifying SLA/SLO/SLI of services and implementing tools to measure them
- Managing large scale Kubernetes and Linux deployments
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree or above, graduating in 2025 and must be available to start in May or September 2025 in London.
- English proficiency
- Experience of working within Software Engineering, SRE or DevOps environments
- Proficiency with at least one programming language
- Strong understanding of Linux systems
- Familiar with Site Reliability Engineering concepts (SLI/SLA/SLO/Error Budgets)
- Security mindset
- Fundamental systems knowledge: Networking, Filesystems, Operating systems
Preferred qualifications :
- Studying an Engineering or Computing degree
- Experience working in working with lower level system components (Kernel, TCP/IP)
- Experience with the Go programming language
- Experience with Kubernetes and containerisation technologies
- Knowledge of PKI and cryptography fundamentals
- Autonomous spirit, data-driven, and results-oriented
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.