Senior Software Engineer - Global Traffic Infrastructure

ByteDance ByteDance · Big Tech · San Jose, CA · R&D

Senior Software Engineer focused on building and operating global traffic infrastructure, including edge Kubernetes clusters, CNI dataplane/control plane, L4/L7 load balancing, and ingress/gateway components. The role involves end-to-end delivery of cloud-native features, building observability, and collaborating with SRE and platform teams to provide standardized traffic infrastructure capabilities for edge services.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design, build and operate container components for edge Kubernetes clusters (e.g., CNI dataplane/control plane, L4/L7 LB, Ingress/Gateway), with a focus on performance, reliability and security.
  2. Drive end-to-end delivery of cloud-native features from requirements, architecture, implementation and testing to production rollout, troubleshooting and continuous optimization.
  3. Build observability and troubleshooting capabilities for cloud-native based components (metrics/logs/tracing/profiling), and improve incident response efficiency through automation.
  4. Collaborate with SRE, platform, and product teams to provide standardized features and reusable platform capabilities for traffic-intensive services.

Skills

Required

  • BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and solid backend/system development experience in one or more languages such as Go/C/C++/Rust.
  • Hands-on production experience with containers and Kubernetes (cluster operations, networking, service discovery, Ingress/Gateway, rollout strategies).
  • Solid understanding and practical experience with cloud-native stack, especially CNI and load balancing (L4/L7 concepts, NAT/contract/IPVS, health check, traffic steering).
  • Strong problem-solving skills, ownership, and ability to work effectively in cross-functional, fast-paced environments.

Nice to have

  • Experience with or contributions to cloud-native open-source projects (e.g., Kubernetes, Containerd, Cilium/eBPF).
  • Strong Linux knowledge (kernel, scheduling ,TCP/IP, routing, iptables/nftables) and production troubleshooting experience.
  • Experience designing multi-tenant isolation, network security controls, and reliability mechanisms for high-traffic systems.
  • Familiar with CDN, Livestream, RTC or other edge traffic production architecture.