Site Reliability Engineer Graduate (Cloud and System) - 2026 Start(BS/MS)

Responsibilities

TEAM INTRODUCTION The Infrastructure Engineering team supports the company's fast growth by building and operating hyperscale systems and infrastructures. The team manages the end to end lifecycle of server fleet, providing cloud solutions and various traffic infrastructure services including Layer 4 and Layer 7 loadbalancers. 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 never ends. 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 ByteDance and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply as early as possible. Online Assessment Candidates who pass resume screening will be invited to participate in ByteDance 's technical online assessment. Responsibilities
Build, expand and operate ByteDance's global infrastructures, including large-scale systems in public and private clouds, data centers and content delivery networks.
Build tools, automations, visualizations and monitors to facilitate the operation and optimization of the global infrastructure.
Work in a fast-paced environment. Participate in technical operations and rotations in response to performance and reliability issues.
Help improve the whole lifecycle of infrastructure services from inception and design throughout development, to deployment, user support and refinement.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
Final year or recent graduate with Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Experience with Unix Linux systems from kernel to shell and experience with system libraries, file systems, and client-server protocols.
Experience in one or more programming languages such as Java, C++, Go, or scripting experience in Shell and Python.
Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment. Preferred Qualifications:
Demonstrated software engineering experience from previous internship, work experience, coding competitions, or publications
Self-driven and capable of coping with ambiguity and move projects from concept to delivery.
Strong in analytical skills and the ability to solve real world problems in a fast moving environment.
Experience in designing, analyzing and building automation and tools for large scale systems
Experience in building solutions with AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azures and other cloud services.
Experience in networking technologies such TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, etc. in a carrier-grade environment.
Experience in developing and operating one or more following systems: OpenStack, Kubernetes, Nginx, ipvs, ELK stack, Hadoop, etc.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

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, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

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