Tech Lead Manager, SRE - Data Infrastructure

Responsibilities

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Helo, and Resso, as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of ByteDance'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 ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us.

Our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team combines software and systems to create and run large, distributed systems reliably. In this team, you'll use your skills in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and system design to handle scaling issues. We value diversity, curiosity, problem-solving, teamwork, and independence.

As a Technical Lead Manager, you'll lead a group of software/system engineers. You'll provide technical leadership, build a robust team, and establish efficient processes, all the while focusing on top-quality engineering. Regular interaction with other teams and our users will be a key part of your role.

Responsibilities
- Hire and lead a team of 8-12 engineers to design, develop, and operate large-scale cloud infrastructure.
- Give technical leadership and support to your team and stakeholders.
- Coordinate with different teams and stakeholders in areas like Advertising, Machine Learning, and E-commerce.
- Promote innovative practices in the team, introducing new ideas and cutting-edge technologies.

Qualifications

- A minimum of three years of experience hiring and managing teams of eight or more engineers.
- Minimum of seven years of work experience in software development or SRE, particularly in the design, building, scaling, and troubleshooting of cloud systems.
- Solid hands-on experience and understanding of system architecture and performance bottlenecks in at least one of these areas: Database (SQL/Non-SQL), Kubernetes, or Big Data processing and storage systems, for both streaming and batch scenarios.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, proficient in collaborating with various stakeholders like development teams, product teams, data scientists, and leadership.

Preferred Qualifications
- Proven leadership skills with a track record of leading initiatives to automate tasks and improve efficiency and quality.
- Demonstrable experience in cost management and optimization, supported by a record of data-driven decision making and process improvement.

ByteDance 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 ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. 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.

ByteDance Inc. 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@bytedance.com

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $199500 - $340100 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.​

Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees: ​

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Den