Senior SDN Traffic Intelligence & Control Engineer

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 212,800 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Paid holidays

Sick days

Paid Personal Time

Job summary

ByteDance Senior Software Development Engineer in SDN‑Traffic Intelligence & Control is based in San Jose. The role focuses on designing and developing bandwidth management systems to support rapid growth and reliable, scalable datacenter networking solutions powering Douyin and TikTok, with cross‑functional collaboration across teams.

The candidate will build control systems for network resources, monitor traffic, and support bandwidth and performance requirements for higher‑layer computing,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, network engineering or a related field.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Go, C++, or Python, with a strong foundation in designing and developing distributed systems.
• In‑depth understanding of networking protocols and the TCP/IP stack.
• Practical or research experience in bandwidth management or distributed rate limiting systems/algorithms; considered particularly favorable.

Responsibilities

• Build software control systems to manage the network resources, especially the long‑haul bandwidth.
• Build host/gateway end‑side network traffic monitoring, analysis and control capabilities.
• Work with network operation and planning teams to support bandwidth and performance requirements for upper‑layer computing, storage, recommendation, and other businesses, and provide fault analysis and resolution capabilities.

Skills

Go

C++

Python

Distributed systems

TCP/IP

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, network engineering or a related field

Job description

ByteDance Senior Software Development Engineer in SDN‑Traffic Intelligence & Control is based in San Jose. The role focuses on designing and developing bandwidth management systems to support rapid growth and reliable, scalable datacenter networking solutions powering Douyin and TikTok, with cross‑functional collaboration across teams.

The candidate will build control systems for network resources, monitor traffic, and support bandwidth and performance requirements for higher‑layer computing,