ByteDance
Software Development Engineer - Cloud Native Databases
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of industry experience in system or database internals programming (preferred).
- Education
- BS or a higher degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other related fields (preferred).
About the job
Develop and operate cloud-native database products and core database functionality for large-scale infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Build backend support and core database features and tools with product and engineering teams.
- Test performance, scalability, and product quality; debug defects and investigate root causes.
- Participate in releases, deployments, and on-call operations to maintain service availability.
What they ask for
- Experience with query processing, transaction management, storage management, and backup and restore.
- Experience building large-scale, high-performance database platforms and with storage systems and distributed systems.
- Strong programming skills in C/C++, Go, or Java.
- Knowledge of Linux shell and scripting languages such as Python.
Nice to have
- MySQL/PostgreSQL software development experience.
- BS or higher degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field; 3+ years of industry experience in system or database internals programming.
Tools
C/C++, Go, Java, Linux shell, Python, RocksDB, ETCD, Zookeeper
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