What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer, Traffic Management position at TikTok?
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 products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, 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 users we serve. Join us.
Edge Platform team is seeking experienced software 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 cross sites (also cross uplink providers) traffic management system based on DNS, to manage TikTok's self-built CDN PoPs, supporting user performance optimization and resource load balancing. 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 cross site traffic management system is one of the core parts of the platform, as it has a direct impact on user experience. We are looking for passionate engineers to join and work together to build a traffic management system that provides one-stop solutions for edge services running on our edge platform.
Responsibilities
- Design and build a control system that direct traffic following performance optimization strategies through DNS
- Global TikTok users routing layer performance analysis
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
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 https : / / shorturl.at / cdpT2
