Senior Backend & Infra Engineer, Data Platforms

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 156,000 - 387,600; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance in San Jose is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend and Infrastructure to help design scalable development infra and data platforms for production systems. You will contribute to cloud IDEs, code management, and CI/CD tooling that power large-scale services across products.

The role emphasizes building distributed infrastructures, collaborating with teams to optimize user experiences, and translating state-of-the-art computer engineering into practical products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in computer science or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of industry experience.
• Experience with Android/Java/Objective-C/Python/Golang.
• Experience in cloud, backend architecture, storage systems, databases, CI/CD, build infra or big data.

Responsibilities

• Build development infra including CI/CD systems and code management.
• Develop advanced data platforms to optimize user experience.
• Create staging environments to isolate production and scale distributed apps.
• Research and translate cutting-edge engineering into products.

Skills

Android

Java

Objective-C

Python

Golang

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related

Tools

Kubernetes (K8S)

RPC

Databases

Message Queuing (MQ)

Kafka

HDFS

Hive

Yarn

CI/CD systems

Build infrastructure

Big data

Job description

ByteDance in San Jose is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend and Infrastructure to help design scalable development infra and data platforms for production systems. You will contribute to cloud IDEs, code management, and CI/CD tooling that power large-scale services across products.

The role emphasizes building distributed infrastructures, collaborating with teams to optimize user experiences, and translating state-of-the-art computer engineering into practical products.