Software Engineer Graduate; Edge Platform BS​/MS

Software Engineer Graduate (Edge Platform) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Location:

San Jose

Technology

Regular

A09258

Byte Dance's Edge platform is a kubernetes-based distributed system that manages hundreds of PoPs around the world and aims to provide cloud native interfaces to allow internal and external users to deploy and manage all kinds of location/latency sensitive workloads, such as traffic acceleration, CDN cache, gaming, live streaming, RTC, edge computing, etc. We are seeking software engineer interns to help build the cloud-native platform to manage the lifecycle (creation, deployment, CI/CD etc.)

and traffic (ingress, proxy, DNS, traffic scheduling, etc.), as well as providing management tools (monitoring, alerting, logging, etc.) for edge services on our globally distributed PoPs.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at Byte Dance.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2026. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to Byte Dance and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Online Assessment:
Candidates who pass resume screening will be invited to participate in Byte Dance's technical online assessment.

• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to build enterprise-level platform (PaaS) that serves both internal and external teams.
• Develop and enhance microservices using Cloud Native technologies like Kubernetes, gRPC, REST, Nginx/Envoy, 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 for the production environment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computing Engineering, or related fields.
• Experience in programming languages such as Go, Python, Java, C/C++.
• Experience with TCP/IP networking stack.
• Experience in using Docker or other container technologies.
• Experience with one or more databases and messaging frameworks, such as MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, etc.
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
• Final year or recent graduate with a background in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid understanding of edge computing concepts, content delivery networks (CDN), load balancing strategies, and distributed storage/compute architecture.

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The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $118657 - $187200 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,…