Senior SDN Bandwidth & Traffic Control Engineer

ByteDance; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 202,160 - 368,220; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Short‑term & long‑term disability

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 company holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time

Job summary

ByteDance in Seattle is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for SDN-Traffic Intelligence & Control. You will design and implement a bandwidth management system to support rapid growth and improve bandwidth reliability.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver efficient network solutions using cutting‑edge technologies, build control systems for network resources, and monitor traffic to ensure performance across services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, network engineering or a related field.
• Proficiency in Go, C++, or Python; strong distributed systems design.
• In-depth understanding of networking protocols and the TCP/IP stack.
• Experience or research in bandwidth management or distributed rate limiting systems/algorithms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop a bandwidth management system to support growth and reliability.
• Build software control systems to manage network resources and long-haul bandwidth.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet bandwidth and performance requirements.

Skills

Go

C++

Python

Distributed systems design

TCP/IP networking

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/Networking

Tools

Linux

Job description

ByteDance in Seattle is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for SDN-Traffic Intelligence & Control. You will design and implement a bandwidth management system to support rapid growth and improve bandwidth reliability.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver efficient network solutions using cutting‑edge technologies, build control systems for network resources, and monitor traffic to ensure performance across services.