TikTok USDS Joint Venture
Head of Global Infrastructure & AI/ML Platform Engineering (San Jose)
San Jose, Santa Clara County
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The bottom of this range ($616) is below the Level I prevailing wage of $152,797. An H-1B cannot be filed below the prevailing wage, so an offer at the floor of this band could not be sponsored as posted.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $187,075 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- TikTok USDS Joint Venture is seeking a Head of Infrastructure to own the vision, execution, and operational excellence for mission-critical platforms. You will lead platform engineering, SRE, networking, storage, and data infra teams to deliver reliability, latency, and security at internet scale. You will drive a multi-year infrastructure roadmap,
- establish strong leadership systems, and ensure scalable, observable, and cost-efficient operations across global regions. J-18808-Ljbffr
Responsibilities
- You will lead platform engineering, SRE, networking, storage, and data infra teams to deliver reliability, latency, and security at internet scale.
- You will drive a multi-year infrastructure roadmap, establish strong leadership systems, and ensure scalable, observable, and cost-efficient operations across global regions.
Compensation
- $1k-$257k
Benefits
- TikTok USDS Joint Venture is seeking a Head of Infrastructure to own the vision, execution, and operational excellence for mission-critical platforms.
This listing is sourced directly from TikTok USDS Joint Venture's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.