Backend Software Engineer Graduate; CapCut BS​/MS

Position: Backend Software Engineer Graduate (CapCut) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)
Job Summary
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Byte Dance is a leading technology company focused on inspiring creativity and enriching lives. They are seeking a Backend Software Engineer Graduate to join their Cap Cut team in 2026, where the role will involve developing scalable and secure services for privacy and security systems. This position offers a unique opportunity for graduates to kickstart their careers in an innovative environment.

Responsibilities
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• Develop efficient, highly scalable and secured services and tools to build/integrate Security & Privacy systems for Cap Cut.

• Optimize backend systems and services for data security, modularity, computational efficiency and scalability.

• Deliver best-in-class engineering excellence practices across all product engineering disciplines.

Qualifications
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Required
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• Strong systems using at least one Golang/Java/Rust/C++

• Understanding of data structure, algorithm design and analysis, networking, data security and highly scalable systems design

• Knowledge of common databases and messaging frameworks like MySQL/Redis/Kafka etc

• Strong software programming capabilities, exhibits good code design and coding style

• Good collaborator and team player, comfortable working in a fast moving, culturally diverse and globally distributed team environment

Preferred
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• Experience of privacy and security technology is a big plus

Company
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Byte Dance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in Beijing, CHN, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.