New Grad Software Engineer, Global Edge Traffic Infra

Bytedance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance is hiring a New Grad engineer in San Jose to join the Traffic Infrastructure team. You will contribute to design, development, and operation of global edge infrastructure, including Kubernetes components, gateways, and observability tooling.

You will learn cloud-native practices while handling high-scale traffic and security requirements. As a graduate, you will work with experienced engineers, receive mentorship, and gain hands-on exposure to distributed systems, networking, and

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or recently completed BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, graduating within the past year or by the expected start date.
• Solid foundation in software engineering fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, operating systems, computer networks).
• Programming experience in one or more languages such as Go, C or Rust, demonstrated through coursework, personal projects, internships, or open-source contributions.
• Familiarity with Linux and basic understanding of containers, distributed systems, or networking concepts.
• Strong problem-solving skills, a growth mindset, ownership, and eagerness to learn in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, development, and operation of infrastructure components for global edge PoPs, with guidance from mentor engineers, focusing on performance, reliability, and security.
• Participate in the end-to-end delivery of cloud-native features - from requirements and implementation to testing and production rollout - while learning our engineering best practices.
• Help build observability and troubleshooting tooling and contribute to automation that improves incident response efficiency.
• Collaborate with SRE, platform, and product teams, and grow into an engineer who can independently own standardized, reusable platform capabilities for traffic-intensive services.

Skills

Go

C

Rust

Linux

Containers

Distributed systems

Networking

Education

BS in Computer Science

MS in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

ByteDance is hiring a New Grad engineer in San Jose to join the Traffic Infrastructure team. You will contribute to design, development, and operation of global edge infrastructure, including Kubernetes components, gateways, and observability tooling.

You will learn cloud-native practices while handling high-scale traffic and security requirements. As a graduate, you will work with experienced engineers, receive mentorship, and gain hands-on exposure to distributed systems, networking, and