Site Reliability Engineer - Game

About the Role

Join Nuverse, a gaming business division within ByteDance, where the Game Technology team oversees the entire game lifecycle. This includes development, testing, operations, site reliability engineering (SRE), and quality assurance for both user-facing and operating systems, ensuring robust support for game development and release. You will be integral in creating comprehensive, systematic solutions to support stable game operations and commercialization.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement deployment architectures for overseas game operations, guaranteeing stable online service performance.
• Manage day-to-day platform server maintenance, oversee online environment modifications, conduct data backups, monitoring, and alarm management.
• Diagnose and resolve issues impacting essential game services, assist in analyzing and optimizing performance bottlenecks, and respond promptly to any live environment incidents.
• Collaborate with teams across locations to continuously enhance operation and maintenance tools such as version publishing systems, monitoring setups, alarm systems, logging, traceability, and network efficiency.
• Maintain key SLA metrics for games and ensure efficient, cost-effective, high-quality, and secure operational support.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes or similar container orchestration platforms.
• Practical knowledge of AWS and GCP cloud services, including load balancing, database solutions, networking configurations, and storage management.
• Familiarity with CI/CD processes and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies, including setup, deployment, resource management, and version release strategies.
• Ability to create actionable solutions tailored to complex business challenges and communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders to ensure execution.
• A strong sense of ownership toward responsibilities, enthusiasm for adopting new technologies, and fast learning and implementation capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least three years of relevant experience in internet industry operations or development.
• Experience working within the gaming sector or managing platform-oriented internet products is advantageous.

About ByteDance

Founded in 2012, ByteDance aims to inspire creativity and enrich lives globally. With a diverse portfolio of products including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut, Pico, and various China-market platforms, ByteDance connects and empowers users to create and engage with content seamlessly.

Why Work with Us

ByteDance champions innovation and creativity at its heart, building products that enable authentic self-expression and connection. Our global teams embody curiosity, humility, and impact-driven mindsets, fueling continuous improvement and transformative outcomes. We foster a culture of collaboration and growth, striving to achieve meaningful breakthroughs daily.

Diversity & Inclusion

Committed to an inclusive workplace, ByteDance values diverse perspectives and experiences, reflecting the global communities we serve. We are dedicated to celebrating diversity and creating equitable environments where all employees feel valued and empowered.