Fullstack Software Engineer, Authorization
About The Position
Welcome to the Authorization Services Team! We are the backbone of the company's security infrastructure, responsible for providing cutting-edge authorization services that are integral to nearly every employee and microservice within our organization. The Authorization (AuthZ) team builds and operates Kani, ByteDance's largest authorization system, serving all product lines. Our mission is to provide a unified permission management platform that empowers engineering teams with robust, easy-to-use, and secure access control capabilities. We focus on delivering a comprehensive solution that includes a flexible approval flow engine, a powerful developer platform. Kani supports all the common Access Control models: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Policy-Based Access Control(PBAC) and advanced Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) models. By continuously improving user experience (UX) and strengthening our compliance and governance features, we ensure that security is seamless and efficient on a global scale. Join us to tackle challenges in a large-scale, unified authorization environment. As a Fullstack Engineer, you will contribute to the entire feature lifecycle, from conception to deployment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Solid understanding of at least one backend programming language (e.g., Go, Java, Python).
- Experience with at least one modern frontend framework (e.g., React, Vue) and TypeScript.
- Basic knowledge of web architecture, microservices, and database technologies (SQL or NoSQL).
- A strong sense of code quality, with an appreciation for writing clean, testable code.
Nice To Haves
- A foundational understanding of authorization concepts, such as RBAC or PBAC.
- Experience with BFF (Backend for Frontend) patterns.
- Contributions to open-source projects or a portfolio of personal projects.
Responsibilities
- Developing and maintaining features for our Web Console, BFF (Backend for Frontend), and backend services.
- Building and optimizing approval flow features to meet diverse business needs.
- Enhancing the user experience of our Lark bot notifications for approvals and alerts.
- Supporting internal teams with permission model integration and data migration.
- Implementing features to detect and warn against compliance risks.
- Improving the performance, reliability, and scalability of our systems.
- Writing high-quality, well-tested code and participating in code reviews.
- Collaborating with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver impactful solutions.
- Contributing to technical documentation to support our developer community.
Benefits
- 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).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
