Backend Software Engineer (SRE) Intern

1 Week ago • Upto 1 Years • Network Engineering

Job Summary

Job Description

ByteDance seeks a Backend Software Engineer (SRE) Intern for a 2025 start. This 3+ month internship offers hands-on experience managing large-scale infrastructure systems (Storage/Computing/DB). Responsibilities include ensuring system reliability and efficiency, troubleshooting issues, automating operations, designing monitoring frameworks, optimizing costs (millions of CPUs!), and ensuring compliance. Candidates should have a strong software development background, solid Linux knowledge, and familiarity with languages like Python, Go, or Java. The team emphasizes ownership, mentorship, and a culture of problem-solving.
Must have:
  • Ensure system reliability and efficiency
  • Troubleshooting and issue resolution
  • Automation of large-scale systems
  • Solid software development background
  • Linux OS and networking knowledge
  • Familiarity with Python, Go, or Java

Job Details

Responsibilities
Team Introduction The team is responsible for infrastructure systems, including Storage/Computing/DB. We aim to be the leading SRE team across the industry. In the SRE team, you will have the opportunity to manage the complex challenges of scale, while using expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design. We embrace a culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, openness, and problem-solving. We also encourage ownership, self-governance and independence to work on various projects, and an environment that provides the support and mentorship needed to learn and grow as an engineer. We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2025. Internships at ByteDance aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Watch your ambitions become reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at ByteDance. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early. Successful candidates must be able to commit to at least 3 months long internship period. Responsibilities: - Reliability: Ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our core infrastructure, focusing on system capacity and stability; setting up reliability standards and recovery SOP. - Reliability: Troubleshooting and locating the technical issues, bottleneck analysis, managing system high availability architecture transformation and upgrading. - Efficiency: Building automated operation solutions for large-scale systems; partnering with system development teams for system iteration. - Efficiency: Designing and implementing software platforms and monitoring frameworks for efficient, automated, and intelligent service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance. - Cost: There are millions of CPUs. We should build delivery standards, and monitor and budget systems to optimize the cost of the company. - Compliance: Designing and setting up new IDC; designing and implementing data protection plan to meet the standard requirement.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: - Final year or undergraduate with a background in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Preferred Qualifications: - Solid basic knowledge of computer software, understanding of Linux operating system, storage, network IO and other related principles. - Familiar with one or more programming languages, such as Python, Go, and Java. Knowledge of design patterns and coding principles is necessary. By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to our global applicant privacy policy, which may be accessed here: https://jobs.bytedance.com/en/legal/privacy. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at apac-earlycareers@bytedance.com.
Job Information
About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico 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 ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

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.

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