Software Engineer - Service Platform

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect - and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an Always Day 1 mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

Job highlights

Positive team atmosphere, Career growth opportunity, Paid leave, Meals provided, Competitive compensation

About The Team

The Service Platform team builds the cloud foundation that powers ByteDance's global ecosystem, providing comprehensive infrastructure solutions including serverless computing and resource quota management for full-stack engineering teams across the organization. Our mission is to enable safer deployment processes, expand deployment capabilities, and deliver robust control mechanisms to optimize business operations and reduce costs. As part of our drive for innovation, we are continuously expanding our PaaS offerings to support AI infrastructure development through next generation technologies with MCP and AI Sandbox. What you will be doing:

- Design, develop, and optimize the core platform services and ecosystem components

- Collaborate with AI infrastructure teams to integrate specialized tooling and execution environments

- Continuously improve platform efficiency and cost-effectiveness through system optimization

- Establish and enforce platform engineering best practices across internal product lines

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

- Proficiency in Go/Python/Rust/Typescript and strong systems programming skills.

- Deep understanding of Linux, networking (TCP/IP, HTTP), and distributed systems.

- Experience in infrastructure products (e.g., monitoring, logging, service mesh, storage).

- Familiarity with cloud-native technologies (Kubernetes, Docker) and large-scale system design.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience with PaaS platforms or service deployment systems

- Knowledge of AI/ML platform infrastructure and tooling

- Background in resource scheduling and optimization

- Contributions to open-source infrastructure projects