Senior Software Engineer, Backend and Infrastructure

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 156,000 - 387,600; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance in San Jose is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend and Infrastructure to help design scalable development infra and data platforms for production systems. You will contribute to cloud IDEs, code management, and CI/CD tooling that power large-scale services across products.

The role emphasizes building distributed infrastructures, collaborating with teams to optimize user experiences, and translating state-of-the-art computer engineering into practical products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in computer science or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of industry experience.
• Experience with Android/Java/Objective-C/Python/Golang.
• Experience in cloud, backend architecture, storage systems, databases, CI/CD, build infra or big data.

Responsibilities

• Build development infra including CI/CD systems and code management.
• Develop advanced data platforms to optimize user experience.
• Create staging environments to isolate production and scale distributed apps.
• Research and translate cutting-edge engineering into products.

Skills

Android

Java

Objective-C

Python

Golang

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related

Tools

Kubernetes (K8S)

RPC

Databases

Message Queuing (MQ)

Kafka

HDFS

Hive

Yarn

CI/CD systems

Build infrastructure

Big data

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Backend and Infrastructure

Location: San Jose

Team: Technology

Employment Type: Regular

Job Code: Y1011

Responsibilities

• Build development infra including Cloud IDE, Repo & code management and CI/CD systems
• Build advanced intelligent data platforms, help client developers make decisions to optimize the user experience of our products
• Build ByteDance staging environment for TikTok, Ads, Shopping to enable internal isolate user and traffic from Prod, scale distributed applications, tweak technology like K8S, RPC, DB, MQ, KAFKA, HDFS, Hive, Yarn, build monitor and alert system
• Research and convert state of art computer engineering technology into the real product

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in computer science or a related technical discipline with 5+ years' industry experience
• Experience working with Android / Java / Objective-C / Python / Golang
• Experience in one or more of the following: private or public cloud, backend architecture, storage system, databases, CI/CD system, build infrastructure and big data

Preferred Qualifications

• Full-stack development experience
• Experience with technical leadership and dealing with ambiguity
• Strong strategic thinking and team collaboration skills

Job Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $156000 - $387600 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

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).

Equal Opportunity Statement

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

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.

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