Software Engineer Intern (Live Streaming Backend) - 2024 Summer (Bs/Ms)

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
At ByteDance, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for millions of users across all of our products. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at ByteDance.
Team Introduction
Popular video products of ByteDance are all empowered by our cutting-edge cloud technologies. As a software engineer in this team, you will have the opportunity to tackle challenges of developing large-scale distributed systems to support the low latency and high quality end to end live streaming experience on a global scale, while leveraging your expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design.
We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2024. As an intern, you will get unparalleled opportunities for you to kickstart your career, pursue bold ideas and explore limitless growth opportunities. Co-create a future driven by your inspiration with Bytedance.
Successful candidates must be able to commit to one of the following start dates below:
1.May 20, 2024 (through August 9, 2024)
2.May 27, 2024 (through August 16, 2024)
3.June 10, 2024 (through August 30, 2024)
We will prioritize candidates who are able to commit to these start dates. Please state your availability 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.
Online Assessment
Candidates who pass resume evaluation will be invited to participate in Bytedance's technical online assessment in HackerRank.
Responsibilities:
1. Design, build and maintain a global scale, multi-regional live streaming platform.
2. Design, implement and operate our critical and scalable services - ranging from video delivery services, live scheduling services, and core persistence layer.
3. Build live streaming platforms, systems, and infrastructure with knowledge in network and distributed systems.
4. Ensure service & system quality by building testing framework and creating automation tests.
5. Participate in design reviews and code reviews for the live streaming infrastructure team.

• BS or MS student in Computer Science or a related technical background involving software/system engineering, or equivalent working experience.
• Good programming experience with at least one of the following languages: C, C++, Java, Python, or Go.
• Experience with SQL, NoSQL databases, Memcache/Redis.
• Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
• Experience with video processing and delivery technology will be considered as a bonus.
• Familiar with Unix/Linux operating systems.

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 [email protected].
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