ByteDance
San Jose, CA, USA

Software Engineer Graduate (Dev Infra) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

$118,657 - $187,200/yrVisa SponsorshipPosted Aug 12, 2025WebsiteLinkedIn

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About this role

About the Team:

Our team works to build out the development services that enable engineers to deliver high-quality features and systems to our users. We aim to provide systems enabling software development streamline and productive. The systems we are building include Cloud IDE, Intelligent Unit Test Generation, code and build systems, CI/CD software, Micro service management and monitoring.

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 ByteDance.

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 early.

As a software engineer in the R&D Services team, you will:

  • Build development infra including Cloud IDE, Repo&code management and CI/CD systems.
  • Build advanced intelligent data platforms, help client developers make decisions to optimize the user experience of our products.
  • Build ByteDance staging environment for TikTok, Ads, Shopping to enable internal isolate user and traffic from Prod, scale distributed applications, tweak technology like K8S, RPC, DB, MQ, KAFKA, HDFS, Hive, Yarn, build monitor and alert system.
  • Research and convert state of art computer engineering technology into the real product.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Final year or recent graduate with a background in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • Experience working with Android/Java/Objective-C/Python/Golang.
  • Experience in one or more of the following: private or public cloud, backend architecture, storage system, databases, CI/CD system, build infrastructure and big data.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Full-stack development experience.
  • Strong strategic thinking and team collaboration skills.

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.​
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