Global Backbone Network Engineer

Bytedance; San Jose, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance infrastructure networking team is seeking a skilled network engineer to design, operate, and optimize the global backbone. You will work across continents to ensure high availability and performance for major apps like TikTok.

This role collaborates with architecture, SDN, and tools teams, requires travel up to 15-30%, and values hands-on WAN experience with Cisco/Arista/Juniper/Nokia gear.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/Engineering/Math or related field.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, OSPF/IS-IS, BGP and MPLS technologies.
• Hands-on WAN design, build and operation with major vendor devices.
• Self-motivated with good communication and written skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, implement, operate and optimize ByteDance's global backbone network across continents.
• Collaborate with network architecture, SDN, and tools platforms to improve scalability and efficiency.
• Work with team members across time zones to ensure continuous global network operations.
• Partner with NOC to support day-to-day operations, incidents, mitigation and restoration.
• Travel may be required up to 15%–30%.

Skills

TCP/IP

OSPF/IS-IS

BGP

MPLS

Network design

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Cisco gear

Arista hardware

Juniper gear

Nokia gear

Job description

ByteDance infrastructure networking team is seeking a skilled network engineer to design, operate, and optimize the global backbone. You will work across continents to ensure high availability and performance for major apps like TikTok.

This role collaborates with architecture, SDN, and tools teams, requires travel up to 15-30%, and values hands-on WAN experience with Cisco/Arista/Juniper/Nokia gear.