Responsibilities
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, Helo, and Resso, 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 the Infrastructure Engineering Team
Our infrastructure team supports the company's fast growth by building and operating hyper-scale datacenters, managing the life cycle of server fleet, providing cloud solutions, and developing various infrastructure services and making sure they are scalable and are reliable.
Responsibilities
• Grow and lead a team of engineers committed to building and operating platforms and systems that monitor, maintain, upgrade and dispatch workload over our planet-scale server fleet.
• Test, evaluate, benchmark, introduce and quality control server hardware in a production environment.
• Be both technically hands-on and people manager. Provide technical leadership and guidance to both your team members and your project peers.
• Communicate cross-functionally across various teams, organizations and internal and external stakeholders to drive engineering efforts.
• Lead the team's innovation efforts, bring in new ideas and technologies.
• Oversee the acquisition and development of software systems in organisational units.
• Monitor the results and quality of the different software solutions and projects implemented in the organisation.
• Oversee the development of Proof-of-Concept/ solutions and provide technical expertise on the development of software and platform features, ensuring that appropriate security and risk factors are considered.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications
• At least a Bachelor’s degree in any of these faculties: Computer Science, Information Technology, Programming & Systems Analysis, Science (Computer Studies)
• 5+ years experience working with Unix/Linux systems from kernel to shell and beyond
• 5+ years experience in one or more programming languages such as Go, Java, C++ and Python.
• 3+ years of direct management experience in a technology company or experience as a technical lead and experience in formal project management or business training.
Preferred qualifications
• Master’s degree (or Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience) in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related major
• Building platforms, automation and tools to manage server fleet, their life cycles and systems running on top.
• Building tools and systems that test, troubleshoot and measure the performance of server hardware
• Successful experience in establishing product visions, managing roadmaps and product delivery.
• Excellent analytical, comprehension, communication, writing, and consultative skills
• Experience in a production and hyper-scale environment
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.
