ByteDance

Responsibilities

About Us

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.

About the Team

We are the dev infra engineering team behind all applications in ByteDance. The client include mobile frontend and some desktop. We proudly serve billions of users across the world and thousands of engineers in ByteDance by building and supporting large-scale services, frameworks, tools and systems.

We're looking for software engineers who will join a team to work on client infrastructure/tools and help us improve the performance, stability, and R&D efficiency of mobile applications owned by ByteDance. You will have the opportunity to change the experience of billions of users worldwide and improve the R&D efficiency of thousands ByteDancers. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to join the in-depth technical explorations of Perf&Crash, Build Tools, Developer Experience, and cross-platform technology, and even propose new directions and projects that continually improve our mobile system architecture.

As a full stack software engineer Intern in the team, you will

• Build infrastructure websites for engineers, such as build deployment systems, metrics monitoring systems, logging systems, etc.
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable frontend and backend code.
• Create and maintain server-side application logic, integrate the front-end elements with the server-side.
• Construct databases, tables, and schemas. Implement CRUD operations, write complex SQL or NoSQL queries, consider indexing, transactions for data integrity and performance.
• Design and implement efficient testing solutions for both frontend and backend code. This involves unit tests, integration tests, and UI tests.
• Work alongside other developers, product management, UX/UI designers, discussing and designing the project features.

This Internship Program runs for 10-24 weeks. Candidates can also apply for both Off-cycle Intern position and Program Intern position.

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 TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a MS in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience in developing end-to-end features for both frontend and backend.
• Experience in both frontend and backend technologies is a must. This includes familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, at least one modern JavaScript framework (such as React, Angular, Vue.js), as well as backend technologies like Node.js, Django or Flask.
• Understanding of APIs and web services. Have knowledge of RESTful/RPC APIs.
• Familiar with various databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB or similar. Understanding of performing CRUD operations, writing complex queries and database optimization.
• Good problem solving skills and thinking patterns in system design.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Graduating December 2024 onwards with intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship.
• Demonstrated software engineering experience from previous internship, work experience, coding competitions, or publications.
• High levels of creativity and quick problem-solving capabilities.

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

ByteDance Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2

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