Software Engineer (ElasticSearch / OpenSearch) - Cloud Infrastructure- San Jose

7 Months ago • 4 Years + • Monetization • $145,000 PA - $355,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Cloud Search team at ByteDance develops a fully managed search service powered by Elasticsearch and OpenSearch. As a Software Engineer, you'll design and develop this platform to meet the needs of various ByteDance products. Responsibilities include extending the capabilities of Elasticsearch/OpenSearch/Lucene, troubleshooting production issues, building data ingestion channels, optimizing performance, ensuring cluster reliability, and exploring best engineering practices.
Must have:
  • Strong programming fundamentals
  • Java, JVM, Lucene, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch
  • Analytics and distributed systems knowledge
Good to have:
  • Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science or related field
Perks:
  • 100% employee medical insurance coverage
  • 75% dependent medical coverage
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with company match
  • Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
  • 10 paid holidays, 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO), 10 paid sick days
  • 12 weeks of paid Parental leave, 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability
  • Mental and emotional health benefits through EAP and Lyra
  • 401K company match
  • Gym and cellphone service reimbursements

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. Join us. About Team The Cloud Search team is dedicated to providing a fully managed search service built on open-source technologies such as Elasticsearch and OpenSearch. The team delivers a reliable, easy-to-use and high-performance search engine for ByteDance's various production workloads. We are looking for engineers who are passionate about search, analytics and distributed systems to join the team. Here we embrace a culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, openness, and problem-solving. You will experience the benefits of working in an environment that provides the support and mentorship to learn and grow as you need. We also encourage ownership and self-driven enthusiasm to work on various projects. What you will be doing: 1. Responsible for the design and development of the search platform to fulfil the requirements of all product lines at ByteDance; 2. Extend the capabilities of Elasticsearch/OpenSearch/Lucene to deliver a reliable and versatile search engine; 3. Troubleshoot problems that occur in the production environment; 4. Enhance the Elasticsearch/OpenSearch ecosystem such as building versatile data ingestion channels to provide an easy-to-use search service; 5. Optimize the search service with high throughput and low latency to meet various business goals; 6. Ensure the reliability and availability of the Elasticsearch/OpenSearch clusters with traffic governance and multi-datacenter disaster recovery capability; 7. Explore and find out the best engineering practices for various business scenarios.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: - Strong programming fundamentals with excellent design and coding style, particularly in operating systems, data structures and networking; - Familiar with Java, JVM, Lucene, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, analytics and distributed systems. Preferred Qualifications - Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Computer Science or related major, with at least 4 years of relevant experience 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 $145000 - $355000 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.

Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. 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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