Site Reliability Engineer Intern (Global SRE- GMPT) - 2027 Start

Job Description:

Team Introduction Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) of Ads Infrastructure team works on building and running large-scale, globally distributed, fault-tolerant ads systems. SRE keeps ads systems at TikTok up and running with the highest level of availability, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible. In the SRE team, you will build and improve multiple large-scale ads services, while using your expertise in coding, performance optimization, troubleshooting, etc. We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship. Our internship program offers students hands-on experience, industry exposure, and opportunities to apply their knowledge to real-world challenges while building a strong foundation for personal and professional growth. Interns will gain practical experience, explore potential career paths, and participate in social events, learning programs, and development workshops alongside industry professionals. Candidates may apply to a maximum of two positions across Our Company and its affiliates globally. Applications will be considered in the order they are submitted. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early. Please clearly state your availability in your resume, including your start and end dates. Responsibilities - Own the reliability of TikTok's global advertising systems, participate in the design of reliability architecture, and ensure high availability of large-scale advertising systems. - Design, implement, validate, and continuously optimize global disaster recovery (DR) solutions for the advertising systems, and lead disaster recovery preparedness and incident response. - Manage and plan infrastructure capacity for the advertising systems, ensuring resources scale efficiently with business growth while continuously improving infrastructure utilization through performance optimization. - Develop reliability platforms and engineering tools for the advertising systems, including monitoring, alerting, SLO management, risk governance, and resource management

Candidate Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications - Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/ Master's in Computer Science or a related discipline. - Expertise in Unix/Linux operating systems, IP networking. - Experience programming in at least one of the following programming languages: Python, Go, C, C++, or Java. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, a strong sense of ownership, and excellent communication and collaboration skills. Preferred Qualifications - Experience in SRE internship for large-scale advertising, recommendation, search systems, or large-scale cloud platforms