Software Engineer Graduate (Cloud Native Platform) - 2025 Start (BS/MS)

Responsibilities

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join Us

Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible.

Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day.

To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.

At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve.

Join us.

The Edge Platform team manages a Kubernetes-based distributed system with hundreds of points of presence (PoPs) worldwide. Our goal is to provide cloud-native interfaces that enable users to deploy and manage various location and latency-sensitive workloads, including traffic acceleration, CDN caching, gaming, live streaming, real-time communication (RTC), and edge computing.

We are seeking motivated graduates to join our Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS) group. You will work with experienced engineers to enhance workload lifecycle management, multi-tenant isolation, performance optimization, and scaling capabilities.

Responsibilities:

1. Collaborate with team members to help build a platform (PaaS) that supports both internal and external users.
2. Assist in developing components within the Kubernetes ecosystem, such as basic Kubernetes enhancements and container networking interfaces (CNI).
3. Write and run tests to ensure the reliability of the platform.
4. Support the team in deploying and maintaining the platform in a production environment.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
2. Experience in programming languages such as Go, Python, Java, or C/C++.
3. Familiarity with databases and messaging frameworks, such as MySQL, Postgres, Redis, or Kafka.
4. Basic understanding of one or more of the following domains: Kubernetes, Docker/container technologies, virtualization, or Linux networking stack.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Exposure to Kubernetes-related development, such as basic enhancements or open-source projects.
2. Basic knowledge of networking technologies like Cilium or Calico.
3. Understanding of virtualization technologies, such as Docker/containers or virtual machines.
4. Interest in learning about service mesh, proxies, and networking stacks.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for graduates to gain hands-on experience and build a strong foundation in cloud-native technologies while working on cutting-edge projects.

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

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 .

Job Information:

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $119000 - $250000 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.

Our Company Benefits Are Designed To Convey Company Culture And Values, To Create An Efficient And Inspiring Work Environment, And To Support Our Employees To Give Their Best In Both Work And Life. We Offer The Following Benefits To Eligible Employees:

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

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.