Server Validation & Performance Engineer

Bytedance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 388,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance Inc. is seeking a Server System Integration Testing and Validation Engineer to design and execute tests for high-performance server products.

You will work with hardware and software teams to ensure full compatibility, performance, and reliability across a broad server platform. The role requires deep experience in server qualification testing, BMC/IPMI, BIOS optimization, and performance analysis using industry tools, plus scripting skills for automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related major, with at least 3 years server qualification experience.
• Familiar with server hardware products from mainstream vendors, SSDs/HDDs, NICs, and testing methods; proficient in tools including speccpu, fio, iperf, stream, mlc, lmbench and tuning methods.
• Experience in server qualification testing; proficient with BMC IPMI commands, BIOS performance and power consumption optimization; debugging skills.
• Strong performance analysis skills using perf, VTune, and multiple analysis methods to identify bottlenecks.
• Familiarity with NICs and performance evaluation/tuning (bandwidth, latency).
• Strong scripting ability in Shell or Python.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for system integration testing of server products to ensure functional completeness, software/hardware compatibility, performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with partners to assess test coverage throughout engineering, including test plan, review, and reporting.
• Support design teams in root-cause analysis and refining test schemes to improve effectiveness.
• Participate in performance testing and tuning, including benchmark assessments and hardware-related analyses.
• Research new components/technologies and verify their implementation to boost server competitiveness.
• Maintain automated test cases and review supplier R&D test plans and reports to ensure quality.

Skills

Server testing

BMC IPMI

Perf analysis

Python scripting

BIOS optimization

Networking testing

Education

Bachelor's in EE/CS

Tools

speccpu

fio

iperf

stream

mlc

lmbench

Job description

ByteDance Inc. is seeking a Server System Integration Testing and Validation Engineer to design and execute tests for high-performance server products.

You will work with hardware and software teams to ensure full compatibility, performance, and reliability across a broad server platform. The role requires deep experience in server qualification testing, BMC/IPMI, BIOS optimization, and performance analysis using industry tools, plus scripting skills for automation.