Network Software Development Engineer – SDN

Responsibilities

Founded in 2012, ByteDance’s mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Helo, and Resso, 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 Us

At ByteDance, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire – for you, for us, and for millions of users across all of our products. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at ByteDance.

ByteDance Networking brings together innovative ideas and technologies from network architecture, software defined networking (SDN), network virtualization, switch software and hardware co-design, and high-speed networking, to create hyperscale data-center networking solutions that power several of the most popular apps of the world such as Douyin and TikTok which serve hundreds of millions of users around the globe.

ByteDance Networking is responsible for designing, building, and operating the global, intelligent network infrastructure to meet the requirements of high availability, scalability, and high-performance. By joining this team, you will gain marketable software development and/or network operation experiences in data center networking at massive scale.

Responsibilities:

• Improve data center network availability and efficiency through software development
• Develop network monitoring infrastructure, and optimize the data collection, processing and visualization pipeline
• Develop network troubleshooting and mitigation tools to reduce incident response time and improve availability
• Develop SDN software control system to automate scheduling and management of network resources
• Develop network emulation platforms and verification tools to improve safety of network operations
• Collaborate with network operation and maintenance team members to support other infrastructure services including but not limited to compute and storage on troubleshooting, resource deployment optimization, etc

Qualifications

• Bachelor or higher degree in computer science, electronic engineering, network engineering or related fields
• In-depth understanding of mainstream network protocols, including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, etc., and Linux networking protocol stacks and tools
• Proficiency in using one or several mainstream programming languages including C++, Python, Go
• Quick learning and adaptability; perseverance and spirit of studying technical details; good at communication and exchange
• Experience in developing software system for large data center networks and distributed systems is a plus

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.

ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please reach out to us at heather.wang@bytedance.com

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