Backend Engineer - Machine Learning Storage Infra (Singapore) Technology - Backend Singapore Regular

Bytedance; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance is seeking a skilled software engineer to design and build a unified platform across diverse scenarios. The role focuses on low-cost, high-availability, high-throughput systems and scalable storage architectures in a global tech environment.

You will work on distributed systems, model training and inference related to ML, and optimize resource scheduling across multiple data centers and hardware generations. Strong collaboration is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Proficient in C++ and Python programming in Linux environments.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems principles and optimization.
• Experience in recommendation, search, or ML systems with resource scheduling and orchestration.
• Strong analytical thinking and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and build a unified platform/middleware to support diverse requirements.
• Design and optimize multi-tier storage architectures for data placement and resources.
• Stay updated with advances in software/hardware architectures and experiment with new tech.
• Plan and optimize utilization of large volumes of heterogeneous resources across data centers.

Skills

C++

Python

Distributed systems

Linux environment

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree or above in CS/SE or related field

Tools

Mooncake KV Cache

TensorFlow

PyTorch

MXNet

Redis

HDFS

Ceph

Job description

Join us as we work together to inspire creativity and enrich life around the globe.

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Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code:

A145010

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Responsibilities

• Design and build a unified platform/middleware system that can support diverse business requirements across different scenarios, including low cost, high availability, high throughput, high performance, and large-scale storage capacity.
• Design and optimize complex multi-tier storage architectures beyond GPU memory, CPU memory, and external storage, with a focus on efficient data placement and resource utilization.
• Keep up with the latest advances in software and hardware architectures, and proactively evaluate and experiment with emerging technologies.
• As an internal platform serving multiple teams, plan and optimize the utilization of large volumes of heterogeneous resources across multiple hardware generations, data centers, service tiers, and resource pools. Develop automated and dynamic optimization strategies based on changes in model size, service traffic, and workload characteristics.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification(s)

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Proficient in C++ and Python programming in Linux environments.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems principles, with hands-on experience in the design, development, maintenance, and continuous optimization of large-scale distributed systems. Able to identify potential issues and bottlenecks in complex distributed systems.
• Experience working on distributed systems in areas such as recommendation, search, or machine learning, with exposure to resource scheduling, task orchestration, model training, model inference, feature extraction, ML Systems (MLSys), or AIOps.
• Strong logical and analytical thinking skills, with the ability to abstract and decompose complex business and technical requirements effectively. Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualification(s)

• Experience optimizing systems similar to Parameter Server, or optimizing indexing structures in large-scale search systems.
• Experience with KV Cache systems, such as Mooncake, including system optimization and performance tuning and with mainstream machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or MXNet.
• Familiarity with open-source storage systems such as Redis, LevelDB/RocksDB, and MongoDB, or hands-on experience using or optimizing large-scale distributed storage systems such as HDFS or Ceph.

Job Information

About Us

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.