Dev AI Software Engineer Graduate (Dev Infra US) - 2027 Start

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 317,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance is seeking graduates to join a team building AI-powered developer tools, IDE integrations, and CLI experiences to boost engineering productivity. Candidates will tackle prompts, model context, and harness engineering while contributing to data pipelines and evaluation frameworks for code quality.

The role focuses on exploring advances in LLMs, code intelligence, and autonomous software engineering, with opportunities to impact a broad range of internal tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's in CS/AI/SE or related discipline.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Go, Java, C++, JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, OS, databases, networks, and system design.
• Familiarity with ML, NLP, generative AI, or large language models.
• Good communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Passion for developer tools, infrastructure, AI, and improving productivity.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver internal AI-powered developer tools to improve engineering productivity across the software development lifecycle.
• Improve AI system performance through prompt, context, and harness engineering.
• Develop data pipelines, benchmarks, and evaluation frameworks for code correctness, latency, reliability, and safety.
• Explore advances in large language models, code intelligence, program analysis, and autonomous software engineering.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

C++

JavaScript

TypeScript

Data structures

Algorithms

Systems design

ML basics

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/AI/SE

Job description

Responsibilities

Our team works to build out the development services that enable engineers to deliver high-quality features and systems to our users. We aim to provide systems enabling software development streamline and productive. The systems we are building include Cloud IDE, Intelligent Unit Test Generation, code and build systems, CI/CD software, Micro service management and monitoring.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by the end of the year. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

• Develop and deliver internal AI-powered developer tools, including agentic workflows, coding agents, IDE integrations, and command-line experiences, to improve engineering productivity across the software development lifecycle.
• Improve AI system performance through prompt, context and harness engineering.
• Develop data pipelines, benchmarks, and evaluation frameworks to measure code correctness, task completion, latency, reliability, safety, and developer productivity.
• Explore and apply advances in large language models, code intelligence, program analysis, and autonomous software engineering.

Qualifications

• Individuals who are completing or have recently completed a Bachelor's/ Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering or a related discipline.
• Strong programming skills in one or more languages: Python, Go, Java, C++, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, databases, computer networks, and fundamental system design principles.
• Familiarity with machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, generative AI, or large language models.
• Good communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in a cross-functional engineering environment.
• Passion for developer tools, infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and improving software engineering productivity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building AI-powered developer tools, including agentic workflows, coding agents, IDE extensions, or command-line tools.
• Experience with large language models, prompt engineering, model fine-tuning, context/harness engineering, MCP, agent skills.
• Publications, open-source contributions, technical blogs, hackathon projects, or a strong portfolio related to AI or developer tooling.

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $128000 - $316800 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.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

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

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
• Exercising sound judgment.

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.

Reasonable Accommodation

ByteDance 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://tinyurl.com/RA-request