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Network Software Engineer, Traffic Infrastructure

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TikTok

Mountain View, CA

Why you should apply for a job with TikTok:

  • Employee well-being is supported via hybrid work, short-term counseling through our EAP and a premium subscription to Headspace.

  • We embrace diversity across all dimensions and provide employees with 9 employee resource groups globally, including our WOMEN ERG.

  • Comprehensive parental leave policy as well as fertility treatment through healthcare providers with a $20,000 lifetime maximum.

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Position summary

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo. To support the content plaform, the infrastructure team is seeking experienced software engineers to build terabit class systems for balancing and managing application traffic. Our team builds global and local load balancers, acceleration proxies, RPC frameworks, content delivery networks, and edge computing platforms, plus the automation machinery that’s required to operate an internet scale edge network and handle all of DNS and HTTP traffic. We operate a large network of POPs around the world that we use to accelerate site traffic and cache CDN content, and we own all layer 4 and layer 7 traffic management for ByteDance. We glue these varied network services together in order to orchestrate the delivery of bits from our servers to your phone. Responsibilities: • Design and develop traffic management systems (DNS server, HTTP proxy and service mesh) based on our traffic platform to process terabyte-scale data in real-time • Build data pipeline and develop telemetry systems to support datadriven traffic control • Develop cache, API acceleration and other networking services that run on top of our traffic platform • Problem solving and performance tuning for online traffic • Research new technologies for more efficient and scalable traffic processing Minimum Qualifications: • Master’s degree (or Bachelor's degree with 3+) years of experience in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related major • 3+ years experience in developing network systems in C, C++, Go, or Python, strong developing skills in Linux environment • Familiarity with DNS and HTTP infrastructure • Familiarity with Microservice architecture • Familiarity with container and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes • Strong understanding of software deployment fundamentals and automation • Good understanding of concepts in operating system, remote process communication, high availability etc. Preferred Qualifications: • Experience in developing HTTP proxy such as Nginx and Envoy is a big plus • Experience in developing Etcd, xDS REST/gRPC protocol and Service Mesh related projects • Experience in building network systems and components such as DNS, cache and CDN • Experience in building distributed or cloud service based management system • Proficiency in networking protocols such as DNS, HTTP, TLS and QUIC • Experience with Kubernetes CNI *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 believe individuals shouldn't be disadvantaged because of their background or identity, but instead should be considered based on their strengths and experience. We are passionate about this and hope you are too. TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected]

What are TikTok perks and benefits

Lactation facilities

Fertility

Unconscious bias training

Networking

Succession planning

Diversity recruiting

Diversity performance

Short term disability

Paid paternity

Paid maternity

Paid adoptive

About the company

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TikTok

Industry: Technology: Consumer Internet

As the leading destination for short-form mobile video, our platform helps people around the world become a part of a global community. In a world that feels more divided than ever, we are here to inspire creativity and bring joy. We do this by embracing change, thriving in ambiguity, and always looking for solutions.

Why you should apply for a job with TikTok:

  • Employee well-being is supported via hybrid work, short-term counseling through our EAP and a premium subscription to Headspace.

  • We embrace diversity across all dimensions and provide employees with 9 employee resource groups globally, including our WOMEN ERG.

  • Comprehensive parental leave policy as well as fertility treatment through healthcare providers with a $20,000 lifetime maximum.

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