Company

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

Location

Taiwan

Career Area

Information Technology

Job Type

Engineer / Admin

Employment Type

Regular

Posted

Jul 21, 2026

Established in 1987 and headquartered in Taiwan, TSMC pioneered the pure-play foundry business model with an exclusive focus on manufacturing its customers’ products. As of 2024, TSMC serves more than 500 customers and manufactures over 11,000 products for high-performance computing, smartphones, the Internet of Things (IoT), automotive, and digital consumer electronics. It is the world’s largest provider of logic ICs, with an annual capacity of over 17 million 12-inch equivalent wafers in 2025. TSMC operates fabs in Taiwan as well as manufacturing subsidiaries in Washington State, Japan and China, and the Company began construction on a specialty technology fab in Dresden, Germany, in 2024. In Arizona, TSMC is building three fabs, with the first starting 4nm production in 2025, the second by 2028, and the third by the end of the decade.

We are looking for a highly motivated and critical-thinking site reliability engineer to join tsmc. The ideal candidate should have exposure to systems in both staging and production and all technical teams. This position requires software development, support, IT operations, and on-call duties experience.

Job Responsibilities

1. Develop state-of-the-art applications

2. Continue to refactor existing applications

3. Transform repeatable tasks into automation tools

4. Contribute to writing tests to ensure software quality

5. Apply software design principles to ensure software quality

6. Ensure sustainability and performance of applications

7. Collaborate with peers in design and code reviews.

8. Willing to learn new IT technologies.

Job Qualifications

Requirements & Qualifications:

1. Hold a Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Information Engineering, a similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.

2. Possess at least three years of experience supporting scalable service environments.

3. Think out of the box—always seeking innovative ways to improve performance.

4. Demonstrate strong proficiency in algorithms and data structures.

5. Show proficiency in one or more of the following programming languages or tools: Python, Go, JavaScript, Ansible, or Terraform.

6. Exhibit excellent communication and interpersonal skills, along with proactive problem-solving capabilities.

7. Maintain strong knowledge of major operating systems, particularly Linux, and their administration.

8. Apply best practices in software development to create tools for infrastructure/operation management and automation.

9. Understand enterprise architecture integration, distributed system architecture, and cloud-native application architecture.

10. Bring hands-on experience in event/incident troubleshooting, root cause analysis, mitigating production outages, and conducting post-mortems or failure story sharing.

11. Master Kubernetes platform architecture and administration.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Understand software engineering and DevOps practices, as well as CI/CD pipelines.

2. Demonstrate familiarity with computing, storage, networking, protocols (such as TCP/IP), and services (such as DNS, SLB).

3. Show familiarity with virtualization technologies for server, storage, networking, and network functions.

4. Utilize monitoring and analysis tools, such as Nagios, ELK, Splunk, and Grafana.

5. Possess AI-related experience (highly preferred).

6. Use source code version control tools, such as Git, GitLab, GitHub, etc.

Personal Attributes: Show high self-motivation, critical thinking skills, and a strong team-player mindset.

TSMC Core Values

At TSMC, we invite talented individuals who share our vision and values to contribute to our continued success. Our core values are the foundation of our culture, guiding every decision and action. We seek applicants who deeply resonate with these principles and embody them in their work:

Integrity: Tell the truth. We do not brag. We do not make commitments lightly. Once we make a commitment, we devote ourselves completely to meeting that commitment.
Commitment: Employees are dedicated to the company, view the company’s success as their own and work diligently to make their best contributions. As commitment is mutual, the Company strives to serve the best interests of its employees.
Innovation: Innovation is the wellspring of the Company's growth. It means more than new ideas; it means putting ideas into practice.
Customer Trust: We strive to build deep and enduring relationships with our customers, who trust and rely on us to be part of their success over the long term.

(For more details on TSMC’s Core Values, please visit：https://www.tsmc.com/english/aboutTSMC/values)

Fostering a global inclusive workplace reflects TSMC’s core values and business philosophy and is essential for our future success. Our commitment to global inclusive workplace allows us to create an environment where every employee, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, race, ethnicity, nationality, political affiliation, or sexual orientation, can bring their unique perspective and experiences to work, enabling us to drive profitability, increase productivity, and unleash innovation. We strive to create a workplace that is equitable and accessible to all employees. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture where every employee feels valued and empowered to contribute to our mission and provide excellent service to our global customers.

IT Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

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