Senior Software Engineer - Network Security

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with match

Parental Leave

Disability Coverage

Life Insurance

Wellbeing Benefits

Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Days

Paid Personal Time

Job summary

ByteDance in San Jose is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Network Security to design and build enterprise-grade security products such as firewall, anti-DDoS, and WAF.

You will apply deep networking knowledge, C and Go expertise, and Linux systems proficiency to protect ByteDance's online businesses and collaborate across teams on security solutions.

Qualifications

• Self-driven problem solver with great communication and collaboration skills.
• B.S. or advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or other relevant majors, with 5 years software development experience in the cybersecurity domain.
• Solid understanding of networking & networking protocols, like NAT, Vxlan, BGP, DNS, HTTP, L7-proxy Thrift, FTP etc.
• Good understanding of DPDK or eBPF.
• Proficient with C and GO and strong background in Linux systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and build network security products, including but not limited to Firewall, Anti-DDoS, WAF, NDR, etc with high standards;
• Support ByteDance businesses with customized and home-grown network security solutions to meet compliance and security requirements;
• Support network security products for internal and external customers.

Skills

Networking protocols

C

Go

Linux

DPDK/eBPF

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's in CS/EE or related

Tools

Thrift

Spark SQL

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Network Security

Location: San Jose

Team: Technology

Employment Type: Regular

Job Code: A215641

Responsibilities

Team Introduction The Network Security team is on the mission to build innovative and enterprise-level network security products and solutions, to protect online businesses from being interrupted by cyber attacks. We’re a group of people passionate about challenging the status quo to solve the real world’s cybersecurity problems effectively and efficiently. We set audacious goals and strive to achieve them. We believe in teamwork and collaboration and we encourage open and succinct communication. If you share the same value and would like to make an impact on network security, please come join us!

• Design and build network security products, including but not limited to Firewall, Anti-DDoS, WAF, NDR, etc with high standards;
• Support ByteDance businesses with customized and home-grown network security solutions to meet compliance and security requirements;
• Support network security products for internal and external customers.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Self-driven problem solver with great communication and collaboration skills.
• B.S. or advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or other relevant majors, with 5 years software development experience in the cybersecurity domain.
• Solid understanding of networking & networking protocols, like NAT, Vxlan, BGP, DNS, HTTP, L7-proxy Thrift, FTP etc.
• Good understanding of DPDK or eBPF.
• Proficient with C and GO and strong background in Linux systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in building AI/ML models or training/fine-tune with LLM.
• Experience with firewall or WAF development.
• Threat detection analysis experience with Spark SQL.

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

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

Equal Employment Opportunity

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

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