Cloud-Scale NoSQL Database Engineer

Bytedance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 388,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time

Job summary

ByteDance’s database development team is hiring to design and own cutting-edge database products that support ByteDance’s global infrastructure. You’ll work with relational, NoSQL, and multi-model databases in a cloud-native environment, driving performance and scalability across large-scale systems.

You will build distributed storage and compute engines, optimize for low latency, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust database solutions with a culture of curiosity and

Qualifications

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (C, C++, Java, Go, Python, Rust) with strong coding skills in a Linux environment.
• Deep understanding of database principles, distributed system design, and multi-threaded programming, with hands-on experience in distributed storage and computing technologies.
• Strong knowledge of distributed consensus algorithms, with experience in database kernel development.
• Expertise in performance tuning, system optimization, and handling high-traffic, large-concurrency scenarios.
• Practical experience with large-scale cloud-native architectures and distributed system control platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop distributed NoSQL databases, with a focus on one of the following: distributed caches, key-value stores, document databases, graph databases, wide-column stores, search engines, or multi-model databases.
• Build high-performance, low-latency, and highly available distributed systems to support mission-critical business operations with scalability and cost efficiency.
• Optimize compute and storage engines for cloud-native global deployments, improving efficiency and reducing operational costs.
• Provide technical guidance to internal business teams, identifying opportunities for system optimization to improve stability, functionality, and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop robust database products and solutions.
• Address technical challenges in cloud service architectures, ensuring scalable solutions for large-scale, high-traffic systems.

Skills

C

C++

Java

Go

Python

Rust

Education

BS or higher in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

RocksDB

Redis

MongoDB

HBase

TiDB

Neo4j

Elasticsearch

JanusGraph

YugabyteDB

CockroachDB

Job description

ByteDance’s database development team is hiring to design and own cutting-edge database products that support ByteDance’s global infrastructure. You’ll work with relational, NoSQL, and multi-model databases in a cloud-native environment, driving performance and scalability across large-scale systems.

You will build distributed storage and compute engines, optimize for low latency, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust database solutions with a culture of curiosity and