Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance in California seeks a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join the Cloud Supply Chain team. You will help build the backbone of the company's AI infrastructure, ensuring compliant, cost-efficient, high-quality cloud solutions at scale.

You will collaborate across operations to forecast load, automate resource management, and drive architecture evolution for medium- and long-term needs, helping unlock AI initiatives while controlling costs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in a computer-related field, familiar with ICT and computer architecture such as operating systems, networks, databases, etc.
• 3+ years of experience in Cloud Service and AI Infrastructure.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, ownership, teamwork and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with operations to forecast load and plan resources for medium- and long-term architecture.
• Improve platform modules and automate resource capacity and management rules.

Skills

Cloud experience

AI infrastructure

Communication skills

Ownership mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Container technology

Microservice architecture

Cloud vendors architectures

Job description

Responsibilities

The cloud team is the core component of the ByteDance supply chain system, which aims to provide the company's global business with compliant, inexpensive, high-quality and efficient cloud supply chain end-to-end solutions. Its core mission includes global business support, compliance and controllability, low cost and high efficiency, and high-quality and reliable。

Join a team building the backbone of global AI infrastructure. Our Cloud Supply Chain team delivers end-to-end solutions that power the company's global business, combining compliance, cost efficiency, and quality at scale. We're not just managing supply chains; we're at the forefront of AI infrastructure strategy, ensuring the computing power behind the company's AI ambitions never becomes a bottleneck. As we look ahead, we're doubling down on AI Server cost optimization and driving smarter, leaner operations through full-chain cost governance and refined business practices. We're also investing heavily in process automation, freeing our people from repetitive work so they can focus on the high-value problems that actually move the needle. If you want to work where supply chain strategy directly shapes the future of AI, this is the team building it.

Job Duties

• - Collaborate with business operations, forecast future load and resource requirements, analyze historical and existing business behaviors and data trends, and make corresponding resource planning and adjustments to build medium- and long-term resource planning and architecture layout .
• - Promote the maturity and improvement of platform modules, address resource layout, fulfillment, and management issues through automation and engineering means, and formulate resource capacity and management rules .
• - Promote internal and external manufacturers to establish architecture evolution plans, and formulate medium- and long-term NPI introduction & architecture replacement mechanisms.
• - Conduct a special resource architecture review for top businesses in terms of resource inventory
• - Starting from the goal of achieving business development
• - Understand the dependencies of business resource architecture
• - Understand the prioritization of core business concerns (resources, availability, cost)
• - Helps businesses stay informed about potential opportunities for architecture optimization in real-time

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• - Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in computer-related fields, familiar with information and communication technology as well as computer architecture, such as operating systems, networks, databases, etc.;
• - 3+ years of working in Cloud Service and AI Infrastructure.
• - Possess the ability to systematically solve problems, good communication skills, and a sense of ownership, as well as teamwork and communication capabilities;

Preferred Qualifications:

• - Familiarity with Cloud Service, AI infrastructure, Container Technology, and microservice architecture, with corresponding practical experience preferred;
• - Familiar with the underlying knowledge and experience of mainstream product design principles and implementation architectures from different cloud computing vendors is preferred.

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

Reasonable Accommodation

ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $159000 - $360000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

• 1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• 2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
• 3. Exercising sound judgment.