Software Engineer, Cloud Native Platform
Listed on 2026-02-28
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Software Development
Cloud Engineer - Software, Software Engineer, DevOps, Backend Developer
Software Engineer, Cloud Native Platform
Location:
San Jose
Team:
Technology
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Code:
A24524
ResponsibilitiesEdge Platform team is seeking experienced software engineer to develop our edge platform networking and maintain its stability as well as drive the functionality and capability of our infrastructure to the next level. Our team builds Kubernetes/k8s based global edge platform to manage Tik Tok's self-built CDN PoPs, supporting workload and service management, providing L4/L7 ingress and service mesh capability, and enabling dynamic traffic routing and scheduling.
Edge Platform team operates hundreds of POPs and their networking and traffic around the world to run edge workloads (e.g. CDN cache, live streaming, gaming, real-time communication, etc.). We are seeking experienced software engineers expertise in data, Kubernetes, virtualization, or networking stack to work together to further enhance resource utilization, multi-tenant billing strategy, performance optimization, and data acquisition, analysis and visualization.
- Collaborate with cross-functional team members to build enterprise-level edge computing platform (PaaS) that serves both internal and external teams.
- Develop and Enhance microservices using Cloud Native technologies like Kubernetes, gRPC, REST, Postgres, Containers, etc.
- Write the necessary unit test, integration test, and end-to-end test.
- Work in a fast-paced environment and be responsible end-to-end to the production environment.
- Building and maintaining complex data pipelines to support petabytes of real time or batch data.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computing Engineering, or related fields.
- 2+ years experience in programming languages such as Go, Python, Java, C/C++.
- Experience with one or more databases and messaging frameworks, such as MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, Active
MQ, etc. - Experience in using Kubernetes, docker or other container technologies.
- Experience in development of backend REST or gRPC services.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in large scale distributed system development.
- Experience with backend development and frameworks such as Gin, Django, Spring, etc.
- Experience with using or developing public cloud services such as AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI, etc.
- Deep understanding of data structure design, networking, authentication and authorization, CI/CD build and deployment.
- Experience in using or contributing to Cloud Native tools, e.g. Prometheus, ArgoCD, Helm, Kubectl, Kustomize, Grafana, Thanos, etc.
- Familiar with Big Data technologies(Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Click House, Flink, etc.) and data ETL (Extraction, Transformation & Loading)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $118657 - $259200 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.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) CandidatesQualified 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:
- Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
- Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
- Exercising sound judgment.
Founded in 2012, Byte Dance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including Tik Tok, Lemon8, Cap Cut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, Byte Dance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.
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