Senior Storage Engine Engineer (LSM/KV)

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 218,000 - 388,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance's LavaStore team builds a purpose-built local storage engine for large-scale cloud services. The role focuses on high-performance KV storage, file systems, and low-latency design across distributed backends.

You will work with a team that handles 100+ PB and billions of requests per second, solving complex storage challenges. The team values practical production ownership, systems research, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related majors.
• Strong problem analysis, conceptual abstraction and design skills.
• Proficient in C/C++, familiar with Python or Shell.
• Proficient in systems programming and IO performance tuning.
• Understanding of storage systems and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Excellent problem solving, communication, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Participate in design and implementation of high-performance KV storage engines and file systems.
• Explore next-generation KV storage architectures for low latency and high throughput.
• Understand storage requirements across business scenarios and collaborate on solutions.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Python/Shell

Systems programming

Storage systems

Distributed systems

Problem solving & communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/CE/EE

Tools

RocksDB/LevelDB

Redis/Memcached/Cachelib

Job description

ByteDance's LavaStore team builds a purpose-built local storage engine for large-scale cloud services. The role focuses on high-performance KV storage, file systems, and low-latency design across distributed backends.

You will work with a team that handles 100+ PB and billions of requests per second, solving complex storage challenges. The team values practical production ownership, systems research, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced environment.