Software Engineer, Cloud Native Platform

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, Singapore, 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.
Join us.

Edge Platform team is seeking experienced engineers to develop our edge platform networking and maintain its stability as well as drive the functionality and capability of our infrastructure to the next level. Our team builds kubernetes/k8s based global edge platform to manage TikTok's self-built CDN PoPs, supporting workload and service management, providing L4/L7 ingress and service mesh cpability, and enabling dynamic traffic routing and scheduling. Edge Platform team operates hundreds of POPs and their networking and traffic around the world to run edge workloads (e.g. CDN cache, live streaming, gaming, real-time communication, etc.). The L4/L7 ingress with traffic scheduling capability are the core part of the platform, as most edge workloads are networking intensive. We are looking for passionate engineers to join and work together to build a cloud-native edge platform that provides one-stop solutions for edge services.

Responsibilities
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to build enterprise-level edge computing platform (PaaS) that serves both internal and external teams.
• Develop and Enhance microservices using Cloud Native technologies like Kubernetes, gRPC, REST, Postgres, Containers, etc.
• Write the necessary unit test, integration test, and end-to-end test.
• Work in a fast-paced environment and be responsible end-to-end to the production environment.Minimum Qualifications
• Master’s degree (or Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of experience) in Computer Science, Computing Engineering, or related fields.
• 3+ years experience in programming languages such as Go, Python, Java, C/C++.
• Experience with one or more databases and messaging frameworks, such as MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, etc.
• Experience in using Kubernetes, docker or other container technologies.

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in Kubernetes-related Cloud Native development, such as Kubernetes API, Operator, Custom Resource Definition (CRD) development, or other related Open Source projects.
• Experience in large scale distributed system development.
• Experience with backend development and frameworks such as Gin, Iris, Django, Spring, etc.
• Deep understanding of data structure design, networking, authentication and data security.
• Familiarity with the whole web stack, including protocols and web server optimization techniques.
• Experience in using and contributing to Cloud Native projects, e.g. Prometheus , Istio/Linkerd, KubeEdge, NATS, ArgoCD, OPA, Envoy, Harbor, etc.

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.

TikTok 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@tiktok.com.