Senior Software Engineer, Global Payment Systems

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 388,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance in California seeks a senior software architect for the Global Payment team to shape architecture for payment acquisitions, disbursements, monitoring, and FX operations across TikTok. You will guide design discussions, optimize processes, and push for scalable, reliable systems.

You will introduce new technologies, coordinate cross-team projects, and ensure architecture aligns with business growth while improving performance and teamwork quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience in architecture design for large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience designing and developing massive data and distributed architectures.
• Deep understanding of architectures, data structures, and algorithms.
• Proficient in Java, Python, Golang, C++, or PHP with strong debugging skills.
• Strong communication and teamwork, with product ownership mindset.
• Ability to translate business operations into scalable architecture solutions.

Responsibilities

• Participate in architecture design, requirements discussions, planning and R&D for Global Payment.
• Improve performance and stability by identifying bottlenecks in large-scale systems.
• Lead cross-team project promotion with strong coordination and communication.
• Introduce new technologies and solutions as business needs evolve.
• Drive R&D process optimization and system specification improvements.

Skills

Architecture design

Distributed systems

Java

Python

Golang

C++

PHP

Debugging

Optimization

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Database middleware

Messaging middleware

Distributed systems infrastructure

Job description

ByteDance in California seeks a senior software architect for the Global Payment team to shape architecture for payment acquisitions, disbursements, monitoring, and FX operations across TikTok. You will guide design discussions, optimize processes, and push for scalable, reliable systems.

You will introduce new technologies, coordinate cross-team projects, and ensure architecture aligns with business growth while improving performance and teamwork quality.