Edge Traffic Engineer: DNS, CDN & Global Routing

ByteDance

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 154,000 - 301,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
401(k) with company match
Parental leave
Disability coverage
Life insurance
Wellbeing benefits
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Paid personal time

Job summary

ByteDance's Edge Traffic Scheduling team seeks experienced engineers to design and build a scalable traffic management system for its global edge platform. You will work on DNS-based routing, ensure PoP stability, and optimize performance across multiple regions.

The role involves analyzing routing performance, troubleshooting, and supporting both internal and external services over public internet topology.

Qualifications

  • Master's degree or bachelor's with 3+ years in a related field.
  • Experience with DNS service.
  • Networking protocols knowledge: BGP, IP, TCP, UDP.
  • Experience with networking tools: ping, mtr, traceroute.
  • Experience with networking metrics: SNMP, sFlow/NetFlow.
  • Experience with IPDB.
  • Knowledge of HTTP, HTTPS, QUIC.
  • 3+ years experience in Go or scripting (Shell, Python).
  • Experience with Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build a control system that directs traffic following performance-based or cost-based routing strategies
  • Global TikTok users routing layer performance analysis and troubleshooting
  • ByteDance internal and external services support on public internet topology and connectivity

Skills

DNS service
BGP
IPv4/IPv6
HTTP/QUIC
Networking tools
IPDB
SNMP/sFlow
Go
Shell
Python
Kubernetes
AI Agent

Education

Master's degree or Bachelor's with 3+ years experience

Tools

Go
Shell
Python
Kubernetes
IPDB

Job description

ByteDance's Edge Traffic Scheduling team seeks experienced engineers to design and build a scalable traffic management system for its global edge platform. You will work on DNS-based routing, ensure PoP stability, and optimize performance across multiple regions.

The role involves analyzing routing performance, troubleshooting, and supporting both internal and external services over public internet topology.

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