Senior Server & Storage Hardware Architect

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 218,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance in California is seeking a self-motivated server and storage hardware architect and technology planning expert. You will design and validate high-performance server systems, collaborating with EE/ME/Thermal teams to ensure cost-effective, scalable infrastructure.

You will evaluate emerging technologies, run POC tests, and partner with hardware, network and IDC teams. International travel up to four times a year is required; a valid passport and visas are necessary.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related majors.
• Experience in hardware/software performance and power optimization preferred.
• Deep understanding of computer system architecture.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the design principles and applications of CPU, memory, SSD and network parts.
• Understand the implementation of virtualization technology, database, distributed storage system and deep learning architecture.
• Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the newly emerged technology in the industry, set up and test with POC system, and integrate the technology into our infrastructure.
• Work with EE\ME\Thermal team on high-level designing of Server system.
• Collaborate with our application teams to analyze the workload character of the application. Help the application teams to innovate, improve performance and lower cost of their infrastructure resources.
• Collaborate with Hardware, Network and IDC teams to work out the new high level design of our hardware system. Make sure the system is competitive in cost, performance and easy to operate.
• Work with industry consortiums and open standard committees to investigate the newly emerged standards or technologies, and contribute our research results and points of view to the industry.
• Work with our technology partners and suppliers to setup POC or prototypes to evaluate and test the new technologies or architectural designs.
• International travel requirement: up to four times per year, including but not limited to China, Europe, and South Asia. Candidates must have a valid passport and be able to obtain the necessary visas.

Skills

System architecture

Performance optimization

CPU/Memory/SSD/Network

Virtualization

Distributed storage

Deep learning architectures

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

ByteDance in California is seeking a self-motivated server and storage hardware architect and technology planning expert. You will design and validate high-performance server systems, collaborating with EE/ME/Thermal teams to ensure cost-effective, scalable infrastructure.

You will evaluate emerging technologies, run POC tests, and partner with hardware, network and IDC teams. International travel up to four times a year is required; a valid passport and visas are necessary.