Hiring: Tech Lead Manager, TikTok Core Product SRE Company: TikTok USDS Joint Venture Location: San Jose, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-09 17:57:36 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords: Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Distributed Systems, Service Mesh, Observability, Automation, Go, Python, Java, Unix/Linux, Networking, SLOs, Error Budgets, Incident Response, Cloud-Native, Technical Leadership, People Management Experience: - 5+ years of experience and expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems, relational databases, caching solutions, and web service frameworks - Previous experience leading a small to mid-size team while maintaining significant "hands-on" technical contributions - Proven track record of establishing and implementing SRE best practices across engineering organizations - Experience developing and maintaining service level objectives (SLOs) and error budgets Required Skills: - Technical leadership and mentorship for a team of Site Reliability Engineers - Architectural decision-making for large-scale, globally distributed service mesh architectures - Establishing production ownership models, incident response protocols, and service level objectives - Developing strategic roadmaps for observability and automation initiatives - Balancing technical contributions with people management, including career development, performance evaluations, and team growth - Fostering a culture of reliability, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing - Leading security initiatives and partnering with security and compliance teams to ensure data protection and regulatory compliance - Strong understanding of Unix/Linux operating systems internals and networking fundamentals - Proficiency in writing production-grade code in Go, Python, Java, or similar languages Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications: - 5+ years of experience and expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems, relational databases, caching solutions, and web service frameworks - Previous experience leading a small to mid-size team while maintaining significant "hands-on" technical contributions - Strong understanding of Unix/Linux operating systems internals and networking fundamentals - Proficiency in writing production-grade code in Go, Python, Java, or similar languages - Proven track record of establishing and implementing SRE best practices across engineering organizations - Experience developing and maintaining service level objectives (SLOs) and error budgets Preferred Qualifications: - Deep expertise in algorithms, data structures, and systems design with proven ability to architect complex technical solutions - Track record of developing sophisticated automation tools and developer-friendly APIs that streamline operations and eliminate toil - Extensive experience running high-availability web services at massive scale, with comprehensive knowledge of cloud-native architectures and advanced networking concepts Compensation: The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $208,800 - $438,000 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. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure). Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!