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Site Reliability Engineer roles qualify as H-1B visa specialty occupations under the computer occupations category, requiring at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field. SRE positions at cloud-native and enterprise employers consistently rank among the highest H-1B LCA filing volumes, with cap-subject petitions filed each April for October start dates.
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Team Intro: The USDS TikTok Product Engineering SRE team works with engineering and product teams to build, maintain and run large-scale, globally distributed, observable, fault-tolerant systems. SREs on this team will deliver on production ownership and be responsible for observability and automation across complex, large-scale service mesh architectures.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of Site Reliability Engineers focused on building observable, fault-tolerant systems
- Drive architectural decisions for large-scale, globally distributed service mesh architectures
- Establish and maintain production ownership models, incident response protocols, and service level objectives
- Develop strategic roadmaps for observability and automation initiatives that enhance system reliability
- Balance technical contributions with people management responsibilities, including career development, performance evaluations, and team growth
- Foster a culture of reliability, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing within your team and across the organization
- Lead security initiatives to safeguard critical assets, partnering with security and compliance teams to implement robust protocols that ensure data protection and regulatory compliance across all services
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience and expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems, relational databases, caching solutions and web service frameworks
- Previous experience leading a small to mid-size team while maintaining significant "hands-on" technical contributions
- Strong understanding of Unix/Linux operating systems internals and networking fundamentals
- Proficiency in writing production-grade code in Go, Python, Java or similar languages
- Proven track record of establishing and implementing SRE best practices across engineering organizations
- Experience developing and maintaining service level objectives (SLOs) and error budgets
Preferred Qualifications:
- Deep expertise in algorithms, data structures, and systems design with proven ability to architect complex technical solutions
- Track record of developing sophisticated automation tools and developer-friendly APIs that streamline operations and eliminate toil
- Extensive experience running high-availability web services at massive scale, with comprehensive knowledge of cloud-native architectures and advanced networking concepts
About USDS
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is dedicated to the safety and security of millions of Americans who create, discover, and connect with what they love on the apps we operate. The Joint Venture has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25, 2025. Our foundation is a comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity program we operate under defined safeguards to protect national security and secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm. We safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem, holding decision-making authority for trust and safety policies and moderation. USDS Joint Venture helps ensure Americans can continue to express their creativity, discover new hobbies and interests, and build thriving communities and businesses on a global scale.
On-site presence across teams allows the company to operate with greater speed, alignment, and agility — especially in areas like real-time decision-making, team development, and integrated execution. As such, the company is shifting from a hybrid work model to a fully in-person schedule up to 5 days a week.
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
USDS 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://tinyurl.com/USDS-RA
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $198360 - $416100 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.
Responsibilities
Team Intro: The USDS TikTok Product Engineering SRE team works with engineering and product teams to build, maintain and run large-scale, globally distributed, observable, fault-tolerant systems. SREs on this team will deliver on production ownership and be responsible for observability and automation across complex, large-scale service mesh architectures.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of Site Reliability Engineers focused on building observable, fault-tolerant systems
- Drive architectural decisions for large-scale, globally distributed service mesh architectures
- Establish and maintain production ownership models, incident response protocols, and service level objectives
- Develop strategic roadmaps for observability and automation initiatives that enhance system reliability
- Balance technical contributions with people management responsibilities, including career development, performance evaluations, and team growth
- Foster a culture of reliability, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing within your team and across the organization
- Lead security initiatives to safeguard critical assets, partnering with security and compliance teams to implement robust protocols that ensure data protection and regulatory compliance across all services
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience and expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems, relational databases, caching solutions and web service frameworks
- Previous experience leading a small to mid-size team while maintaining significant "hands-on" technical contributions
- Strong understanding of Unix/Linux operating systems internals and networking fundamentals
- Proficiency in writing production-grade code in Go, Python, Java or similar languages
- Proven track record of establishing and implementing SRE best practices across engineering organizations
- Experience developing and maintaining service level objectives (SLOs) and error budgets
Preferred Qualifications:
- Deep expertise in algorithms, data structures, and systems design with proven ability to architect complex technical solutions
- Track record of developing sophisticated automation tools and developer-friendly APIs that streamline operations and eliminate toil
- Extensive experience running high-availability web services at massive scale, with comprehensive knowledge of cloud-native architectures and advanced networking concepts
About USDS
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is dedicated to the safety and security of millions of Americans who create, discover, and connect with what they love on the apps we operate. The Joint Venture has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25, 2025. Our foundation is a comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity program we operate under defined safeguards to protect national security and secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm. We safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem, holding decision-making authority for trust and safety policies and moderation. USDS Joint Venture helps ensure Americans can continue to express their creativity, discover new hobbies and interests, and build thriving communities and businesses on a global scale.
On-site presence across teams allows the company to operate with greater speed, alignment, and agility — especially in areas like real-time decision-making, team development, and integrated execution. As such, the company is shifting from a hybrid work model to a fully in-person schedule up to 5 days a week.
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
USDS 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://tinyurl.com/USDS-RA
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $198360 - $416100 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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Site Reliability Engineer
Verify your SOC code before applying
SRE roles are filed under multiple SOC codes depending on the employer. Check the O*NET occupation profile for Software Developers and Computer Systems Analysts to confirm which code aligns with your actual duties before your employer files the LCA.
Target employers with cap-exempt status
Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and certain government entities are cap-exempt and can file H-1B petitions year-round. SRE roles at these organizations bypass the April lottery window entirely, giving you a faster and more predictable path to status.
Search LCA-verified SRE employers on Migrate Mate
Filter by Site Reliability Engineer roles on Migrate Mate to see employers with confirmed H-1B LCA filing history. This cuts out employers who claim to sponsor but have no DOL filing record to back it up.
Align your title to prevailing wage level early
Employers file LCAs at wage levels I through IV. If your offer is at Level I but your duties match Level III, USCIS may issue an RFE. Use the OFLC Wage Search before your final offer to confirm the wage level fits your responsibilities.
Document on-call and incident response duties precisely
SRE petitions sometimes receive RFEs when job descriptions read as general IT support rather than specialty occupation work. Your offer letter and support documents should specify SLO management, production infrastructure ownership, and systems design to satisfy the specialty occupation standard.
Request premium processing if your start date is fixed
USCIS premium processing guarantees a response within 15 business days. For SRE roles with a hard project start date or a team dependency, premium processing reduces the risk of a delayed adjudication pushing your onboarding past the October 1 cap date.
H-1B Visa Site Reliability Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Site Reliability Engineer role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes. SRE positions qualify because they require at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, or a directly related field. USCIS evaluates whether the specific duties, not just the job title, meet the specialty occupation standard. Roles focused on production reliability, infrastructure automation, and SLO design consistently clear this bar.
How do I find employers who have actually sponsored H-1B visas for SRE roles?
Search on Migrate Mate, which surfaces employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history filtered by role. You can identify which companies have a track record of filing for SRE and adjacent titles, rather than relying on job postings that mention sponsorship without any DOL filing record to confirm it.
Can I switch to an SRE role from a different H-1B job title mid-status?
Yes, but your employer must file an amended H-1B petition if the new role represents a material change in duties, location, or SOC code. A move from software engineer to SRE at the same company typically triggers an amendment because the job description and prevailing wage level may differ. USCIS allows you to start the new role once the amended petition is filed, not necessarily approved.
What happens to my H-1B if I'm laid off from an SRE position?
You have a 60-day grace period after your last day of employment to find a new sponsor, change status, or depart the U.S. During those 60 days you're not authorized to work. A new employer can file an H-1B transfer petition and you can begin working once USCIS receives it, using portability under AC21 if your prior petition has been pending or approved for 180 days or more.
Do SRE roles at cloud companies typically qualify for H-1B cap exemption?
Not usually. Cap exemption applies to employers that are institutions of higher education, affiliated nonprofit entities, or nonprofit or government research organizations, not to private cloud or technology companies regardless of size. SRE roles at most commercial employers are cap-subject, meaning your petition must be filed during the April registration window for an October start.