Senior Software Engineer, Edge Cloud Platform

7 Months ago • 2 Years + • Devops • $137,200 PA - $330,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

ByteDance seeks a Senior Software Engineer for its Edge Cloud Platform, a Kubernetes-based distributed system managing hundreds of PoPs globally. The role involves enhancing workload lifecycle management, multi-tenant isolation, and performance optimization within this cloud-native platform serving internal and external users. Responsibilities include analyzing and solving complex technical problems, collaborating with cross-functional teams, developing and enhancing microservices using Kubernetes, gRPC, REST, and other technologies, and ensuring end-to-end responsibility for production environments. The ideal candidate possesses strong experience with Kubernetes, virtualization, or networking, and a proven track record in large-scale distributed system development.
Must have:
  • Kubernetes expertise
  • Microservices development (gRPC, REST)
  • Database & messaging frameworks experience
  • Problem-solving & solution design
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • End-to-end production responsibility
Good to have:
  • Large-scale distributed system experience
  • Full-stack development (backend & frontend)
  • Open-source contribution (Kubernetes)
  • Edge computing, CDN, load balancing knowledge
  • Experience working in a global team
Perks:
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid time off (holidays, sick days, personal time)
  • Wellbeing benefits

Job Details

Responsibilities
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. Edge platform is a kubernetes-based distributed system that manages hundreds of PoPs around the world and aims to provide cloud native interfaces to allow internal and external users to deploy and manage kinds of location/latency sensitive workloads, which includes traffic acceleration, CDN cache, gaming, livestreaming, RTC, edge computing, etc. We (IAAS, or infra as a service group) are seeking experienced software engineers expertized in kubernetes, virtualization, or networking stack to work together to further enhance the workload lifecycle management, multi-tenant isolation, and performance optimization, and scaling out capability. Responsibilities - Analyze and solve complex technical problems, providing effective solutions. Familiar with platform technologies, system architecture design, and performance optimization methods. - Collaborate with cross-functional team members to build enterprise-level edge computing platform (PaaS) that serves both internal and external teams. - Develop and Enhance microservices using Cloud Native technologies like Kubernetes, gRPC, REST, Postgres, Containers, etc. - Work in a fast-paced environment and be responsible end-to-end to the production environment.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications - Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computing Engineering, or related fields. - 2+ years experience in programming languages (such as Go, Python, Java, C/C++, etc.) and proficiency in learning new languages, technologies, frameworks, and APIs. - Experience with one or more databases and messaging frameworks, such as MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, ActiveMQ, etc. - Experience in using Kubernetes, docker or other container technologies. - Experience in development of backend REST or gRPC services Preferred Qualifications - Experience in large scale distributed system development. - Deep understanding of data structure design, networking, authentication and authorization, CI/CD build and deployment. - Experience in full stack development with backend frameworks (such as Gin, Django, Spring, etc.) and frontend frameworks (such as React.js, Vue.js, Angular.js, etc.). - Experience in using and contributing to open-source projects in Kubernetes and cloud native ecosystems. - Experienced in working within a global team and cooperating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced and dynamic setting with limited oversight. - Familiar with edge computing, CDN, load balance, distributed storage/computing architecture or other public cloud products and technologies. 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
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $137200 - $330000 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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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.

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