Seattle: Global Multi-Cloud CDN Platform Engineer

Bytedance; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance's Global Engineering CDN team is seeking graduates for hands-on development of a high-availability multi-cloud CDN platform in Seattle. You will work on core components, including domain onboarding, configuration management, content management, data analytics, and global traffic optimization.

As part of a highly distributed team, you will gain exposure to large-scale distributed systems, production operations, and performance tuning across multiple regions.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Applied Mathematics or related field.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Go, Python, Java, or C/C++.
• Solid foundation in data structures, operating systems, computer networks, and databases.
• Basic understanding of HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, caching, traffic routing, or Linux.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and interest in large-scale traffic systems.
• Experience with backend development, networking, CDN, traffic scheduling, load balancing, or distributed systems is a plus.
• Experience with data analysis, metrics systems, monitoring platforms, optimization projects, or automation tools is a plus.
• Familiarity with SQL, Python-based analysis, visualization tools, or time-series metrics is a plus.
• Good communication skills, ownership, and collaborative mindset.]
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Responsibilities

• Participate in the development and optimization of the global Multi-Cloud CDN scheduling platform.
• Build traffic optimization mechanisms across self-built CDN infrastructure and commercial CDN vendors to improve performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Contribute to cost optimization projects for self-built CDN and multi-cloud CDN traffic.
• Build and improve metrics, monitoring, and analysis tools for resource consumption, origin traffic, bandwidth usage, cache efficiency, service quality, and cost optimization.
• Participate in traffic analysis, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of scheduling stability and traffic efficiency.

Skills

Go/Python/Java/C/C++ programming

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Data structures & networks

Problem solving

Education

Master's degree in CS/SE/Engineering/related

Job description

ByteDance's Global Engineering CDN team is seeking graduates for hands-on development of a high-availability multi-cloud CDN platform in Seattle. You will work on core components, including domain onboarding, configuration management, content management, data analytics, and global traffic optimization.

As part of a highly distributed team, you will gain exposure to large-scale distributed systems, production operations, and performance tuning across multiple regions.