ByteDance
Network Engineer, Backbone Engineering
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Plan, build, operate, and optimize ByteDance’s global backbone network, supporting its availability, performance, and ongoing operations.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, operate, and optimize the global backbone network across major continents.
- Work with architecture, SDN, and tools teams to improve scalability, resource utilization, buildout efficiency, and operations.
- Coordinate global operations and support incident response, mitigation, and service restoration with the NOC team.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Good understanding of TCP/IP, OSPF/IS-IS, BGP, and MPLS-related technologies.
- Hands-on experience designing, building, and operating WANs using mainstream vendor devices.
- Self-motivated with good communication and written skills.
Nice to have
- In-depth knowledge of backbone traffic engineering, QoS, or controller-based SDN.
- Programming or scripting in Python or other languages.
Tools
TCP/IP, OSPF/IS-IS, BGP, MPLS, Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Python
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