ByteDance
Software Engineer Graduate (Traffic Infrastructure)- 2027 Start
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- No specific number of years stated; internship, co-op, or research experience is preferred.
- Education
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Develop and operate cloud-native infrastructure for ByteDance’s global edge traffic systems, with a focus on performance, reliability, security, and observability.
What you'll do
- Help design, build, test, and operate infrastructure components for global edge PoPs, including Kubernetes/control plane, virtualization/containers, and Ingress/Gateway.
- Deliver cloud-native features from requirements through production rollout and contribute to observability, troubleshooting, and incident-response automation.
- Collaborate with SRE, platform, and product teams to develop reusable platform capabilities for traffic-intensive services.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field; graduating within the past year or by the expected start date.
- Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and computer networks.
- Programming experience in one or more of Go, C, or Rust.
- Familiarity with Linux and basic container, distributed-systems, or networking concepts.
Nice to have
- Internship, co-op, or research experience in backend/systems development, cloud-native technologies, or infrastructure.
- Hands-on Kubernetes or container experience, cloud-native open-source contributions, deeper Linux knowledge, or exposure to CDN, live streaming, RTC, or edge architectures.
Tools
Kubernetes, Linux, Go, C, Rust, Containerd, Cilium/eBPF, TCP/IP
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