Backend Software Engineer - CapCut - San Jose

About ByteDance Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, 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. About How we become the NO.1 video editing app CapCut is an all-in-one video editing solution that helps you create incredible videos. With the mission of making content creation easier and more engaging, CapCut was first launched on mobile platforms in April 2020. In less than a year, CapCut was released in Brazil, US, Indonesia, Japan and several other countries*. To better serve the diverse needs, CapCut released its online and PC version in 2022. Starting in 2023, CapCut has continued to invest in AI technology to provide product features that are more accessible and easier to use. As of today, CapCut's global monthly active users have exceeded 500 million. It has remained at the top of the download list in several app stores. *CapCut is currently available in over 170 countries/regions. We enjoy learning new things and taking on challenges. Team culture here is open and inclusive. Everyone can make things happen, good ideas will always win. Today, we are continuously increasing investment in AI technology to make content creation much easier for everyone, and we always take the protection of user privacy and data security very seriously. Therefore, we set up an engineer team with high talent density, mainly focusing on AI technology and Privacy&Security in CapCut. Responsibilities: 1. Develop efficient, highly scalable and secured services and tools to build/integrate Security & Privacy systems for CapCut. 2. Optimize backend systems and services for data security, modularity, computational efficiency and scalability. 3. Deliver best-in-class engineering excellence practices across all product engineering disciplines.

Minimum Qualifications 1. Bachelors or higher degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline. 2. 3+ years experience developing highly scalable backend services and systems using at least one of Golang/Java/Rust/C++. Fresh graduates meeting the qualifications are also encouraged to apply. 3. Deep understanding of data structure, algorithm design and analysis, networking, data security and highly scalable systems design. 4. In-depth knowledge of common databases and messaging frameworks like MySQL/Redis/Kafka etc. 5. Strong software programming capabilities, exhibits good code design and coding style. 6. Good collaborator and team player, comfortable working in a fast moving, culturally diverse and globally distributed team environment. Preferred Qualifications 1. Experience of privacy and security technology is a big plus. 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 https://shorturl.at/cdpT2 #LI-Onsite