ClickHouse SRE, Data Platform -USDS

Responsibilities

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed services and infrastructures. As a site reliability engineer in the data platform area, you will have the opportunity to manage the services and infrastructures in one of the largest data plaforms in the world that directly supports the TikTok app. You'll need to ensure the data, services and infrastructures are reliable, fault-tolerant, efficiently scalable and cost-effective. In order to enhance collaboration and cross-functional partnerships, among other things, at this time, our organization follows a hybrid work schedule that requires employees to work in the office 3 days a week, or as directed by their manager / department. We regularly review our hybrid work model, and the specific requirements may change at any time. - Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of service, from inception and design, through to deployment, operation and refinement - Ensure reliable, fault-tolerant, efficiently scalable and cost-effective data, services and infrastructure - Design and maintain high-availability architecture for Clickhouse & Doris, including replication, sharding, and failover mechanisms. - Monitor and optimize Clickhouse & Doris clusters for low-latency, high throughput query performance. - Troubleshoot slow queries, resource contention, and performance bottlenecks in distributed storage engines. - Plan and execute cluster scaling strategies to handle data growth. - Maintain clear runbooks, SOPs, and practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems. - Design and implement reliable, scalable, robust and extensible big data systems that support core products and business.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field involving software or systems engineering, or equivalent practical experience - Experience writing code in Java, Go, Python or a similar language - Experience with algorithms ,data structures, complexity analysis and software design - Hands-on experience managing Clickhouse and / or Apache Doris clusters in production environments - Knowledge of columnar storage, data compression, and query execution engines - Experience managing distributed OLAP databases with sharding, replication, and high availability setups - Hands-on experience with observability tools such as Prometheus & Grafana. Preferred Qualifications - Experience with schema evolution, data compaction strategies, and partition pruning to optimize storage and query performance. - Familiarity with Clickhouse & Doris integrations with kafka, flink and hive. - Familiarity with zookeeper-based coordination and leader election mechanisms in Clickhouse / Doris. - Familiarity with running production grade services at scale and understanding cloud native technologies, networking & storage management. - Experience developing tools and APIs to reduce human interaction with systems and applications using a variety of coding and scripting standards - Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems is a plus (Hadoop, M / R, Hive, Spark, Metastore, Presto, Flume, Kafka, Flink or comparable solutions) - Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with effective communication skills and a sense of drive Candidates for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or support.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $136800 - $259200 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.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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).

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.

About USDS

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. U.S. Data Security ("USDS") is a subsidiary of TikTok in the U.S. This new, security-first division was created to bring heightened focus and governance to our data protection policies and content assurance protocols to keep U.S. users safe. Our focus is on providing oversight and protection of the TikTok platform and U.S. user data, so millions of Americans can continue turning to TikTok to learn something new, earn a living, express themselves creatively, or be entertained. The teams within USDS that deliver on this commitment daily span across Trust & Safety, Security & Privacy, Engineering, User & Product Ops, Corporate Functions and more.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect - and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.

We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

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.

USDS Reasonable Accommodation

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