Edge Traffic Engineer: DNS Routing & CDN Control

ByteDance; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance's Edge Traffic Scheduling team in Seattle is seeking experienced engineers to design and build a traffic management system that spans across PoPs and providers, enabling performance- and cost-aware routing for global users.

You will analyze routing performance, troubleshoot issues, and support internal and external services on public Internet topology, with exposure to DNS, HTTP/QUIC and modern networking tools.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or bachelor’s with 3+ years in relevant fields.
• Experience with DNS service and networking protocols.
• Knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS/QUIC, BGP, IPv4/IPv6.

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

Go

Python

Shell

Networking

DNS

HTTP/QUIC

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering / CS

Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years experience

Tools

Kubernetes

IPDB

Ping

MTR

Traceroute

SNMP

sFlow

NetFlow

Job description

ByteDance's Edge Traffic Scheduling team in Seattle is seeking experienced engineers to design and build a traffic management system that spans across PoPs and providers, enabling performance- and cost-aware routing for global users.

You will analyze routing performance, troubleshoot issues, and support internal and external services on public Internet topology, with exposure to DNS, HTTP/QUIC and modern networking tools.