System Engineer; Operating System System Technologies and Engineering
Listed on 2026-09-02
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Software Development
Software Engineer, Unix/Linux, DevOps, Cloud Engineer - Software
Responsibilities
About the Team:
You will be working within the System Technology and Engineering (STE) Global team based in London, San Jose and Singapore. STE team works on system software, included but not limited to Linux Kernel, Open Source Linux Operating System, Compilers and Fundamental Libraries, in terms of stability and reliability, in the company’s large-scale data centers, together with other teams we collaborate on next-generation hardware and software.
We actively participate in open-source communities and incorporate cutting-edge technology and innovation into our products.
The System Technologies and Engineering team is looking for an experienced Operating System Engineer to develop the Linux Operating System (OS) to adapt to all kinds of servers within the datacenter. This individual will work with the global team to develop, maintain, and improve the OS and the related quality testing, delivery, deployment and maintenance systems, both for bare metal servers, and also third party cloud servers.
The team’s goal is to ensure our operating systems keep updated to meet the requirements of hardware evolution and business goals.
- You shall be combining software and systems to build and run large-scale, massively fault-tolerant systems; ensuring that the critical and our external systems;
- Troubleshoot at system software level in use, including operating system and its components, such as storage, network, and co
- Improve and optimize automatic operating system monitoring, software deployment and upgrading;
- Support new platforms as needed by the generation of CPU, GPU, network and storage devices, by evolving system software
- Optimize AlOps tools of large scale clusters
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related majors;
- Familiar with common data structures and algorithms, multiple-threading programming, and server performance optimization
- Familiar with the operating system and IT
- Proficient with Linux shell commands and ng
- Be familiar with C or C , and an expert at languages such as Python / Go / Rust / Cud
- Experience in Linux operating system development or in similar fields.
- Familiar with Computer Architecture, and server development life cycle;
- Familiar with Linux/Unix operating system architecture, Linux Kernel mechanism, Linux Kernel programming, systemd, glibc and kubernetes
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WhyJoin Byte Dance
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Diversity & Inclusion
Byte Dance 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 Byte Dance, 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.
Byte Dance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment…
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