Senior Distributed Storage Engineer - Scale and Stability

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance’s Infrastructure Storage US team is seeking engineers to design, develop, and optimize the foundational infrastructure of large-scale distributed storage systems, including object, block, and file storage, pooled storage and HDFS. You will work on stability, performance, and cost efficiency to support global products and services.

You will drive implementation, write design documents, tune performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams while participating in deployment,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or related field.
• Strong coding skills in C++, with a strong commitment to code quality.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems principles; hands‑on experience with HDFS, Ceph, and Kafka, or equivalent in‑house systems.
• Able to think independently, proactively identify problems, and possess systematic problem analysis and solving capabilities.
• Strong aptitude for quickly ramping up in unfamiliar technical domains, along with excellent teamwork and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize modules of distributed storage systems (pooled storage, big data file storage, message queue, cache storage, object storage, block storage, file storage, and log service), and research cutting-edge storage technologies.
• Design and enhance modules of the distributed storage system in terms of stability, functionality, performance, and cost based on business requirements.
• Drive project execution according to project schedules, write detailed design documents, and own module implementation, performance tuning, and functional testing.
• Provide timely technical support for online applications, identify potential requirements and optimization opportunities from production issues, and continuously optimize the system.
• Participate in the deployment, on-call operations, and site reliability engineering for the storage US team; develop deep expertise in system design, identify and resolve bottlenecks to enhance cluster stability, elasticity, and cost competitiveness.

Job description

ByteDance’s Infrastructure Storage US team is seeking engineers to design, develop, and optimize the foundational infrastructure of large-scale distributed storage systems, including object, block, and file storage, pooled storage and HDFS. You will work on stability, performance, and cost efficiency to support global products and services.

You will drive implementation, write design documents, tune performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams while participating in deployment,