Tech Lead, Scalable Build Systems & CI/CD

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 244,800 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance's Technology team in San Jose is seeking a Tech Lead Software Engineer, Build System to design scalable build systems that support our rapidly growing product portfolio. You will collaborate with CI/CD pipelines and other teams to improve efficiency and reliability across the development lifecycle.

You will mentor junior engineers, optimize performance for large‑scale distributed systems, and drive best practices in build tooling, remotely enabling developers across our global

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience with monorepo and build systems.
• Proficiency in Go, Java, Python, or C++.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems and cloud tech.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable and efficient build systems to support our rapidly growing product portfolio.
• Collaborate with other teams to integrate build systems with CI/CD pipelines.
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues in the build system.
• Continuously evaluate and implement best practices in build systems to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers.

Skills

Go

Java

Python

C++

Monorepo build

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Bazel

Remote cache

Remote build

CI/CD tooling

Job description

ByteDance's Technology team in San Jose is seeking a Tech Lead Software Engineer, Build System to design scalable build systems that support our rapidly growing product portfolio. You will collaborate with CI/CD pipelines and other teams to improve efficiency and reliability across the development lifecycle.

You will mentor junior engineers, optimize performance for large‑scale distributed systems, and drive best practices in build tooling, remotely enabling developers across our global