Site Reliability Engineer Graduate (Cloud Native Platform) - 2025 Start (BS/MS)

ByteDance•San Jose, CA

29d

About The Position

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 Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us. The Edge Platform team is looking for enthusiastic graduates to join us in developing and maintaining our edge platform. Our team creates a global edge platform using Kubernetes to manage TikTok's content delivery network (CDN) points of presence (PoPs). We handle workload and service management, provide basic network routing, and enable traffic management. We operate many PoPs around the world, supporting activities like CDN caching, live streaming, and gaming. The platform's main feature is its ability to manage network traffic efficiently. We welcome graduates who are excited to learn and help us build a user-friendly edge platform for various services.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
Experience programming in one of the following languages: C, C++, Java, Python, Go, or Rust.
Familiarity with Unix/Linux system internals, networking, and distributed systems.
Basic understanding of Kubernetes administration and containerization technologies such as Docker.

Nice To Haves

Basic experience or coursework involving Kubernetes and container networking interfaces like Cilium, Calico, or Flannel.
Interest in open-source projects within the Kubernetes ecosystem (e.g., Helm, Prometheus).
Basic understanding of networking concepts like TCP/IP and DNS.
Exposure to CI/CD concepts and tools.
Willingness to learn about Kubernetes API and custom resources.
Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

Assist in deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters on various platforms, including on-premises and cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP).
Work with senior engineers to develop and maintain platform services using Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) technologies.
Contribute to the design and implementation of basic automation for platform services, including monitoring, alerting, logging, and CI/CD pipelines.
Help improve the efficiency of Kubernetes systems by learning to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to networking, storage, and scheduling.
Support open-source community efforts and learn to collaborate on advancing Kubernetes and Cloud Native technologies.
Participate in team activities such as code reviews, knowledge sharing, and refining best practices to improve system reliability and performance.

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