Senior Software Development Engineer - NoSQL-HBase- San Jose

Responsibilities

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok 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.

Team Introduction:
Join our team as a NoSQL-HBase Development Engineer, contributing to a global, high-performance, cost-effective, and cloud-native distributed table system that provides rich features for upper-level applications. This system serves the entire Byte product ecosystem, including platforms like Douyin, Xigua Video, and Toutiao. As a fundamental storage infrastructure, it supports a massive scale of peak requests and petabytes of storage.

Responsibilities:
-Lead the design, development, performance tuning, and new technology research of the distributed table system.
-Design and improve the table system based on upper-level business requirements, focusing on stability, functionality, and performance.
-Set development goals according to project timelines, write detailed design documents, and be responsible for module implementation, performance tuning, and functional testing.
-Provide timely technical support for upper-level online applications. Extract potential requirements and optimization points to continuously enhance the system.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
-Proficiency in C++/Java programming (at least one), with a focus on high-quality code and engineering standards.
-Solid knowledge of Linux systems, with expertise in multithreading, network programming, and distributed development using any of the mentioned languages.
-In-depth understanding of database principles, proficient in key technologies related to distributed storage and computing, with practical hands-on experience.
-Strong independent thinking skills, proactive problem discovery, and systematic problem analysis and solving abilities.
-Capability to learn, explore, and research in unknown domains.

Preferred Qualifications:
-contribution to open-source communities is a plus.
-Familiarity with the source code of open-source projects like RocksDB, HBase, TiDB, CockroachDB, ClickHouse, ScyllaDB, etcd, etc.
-Knowledge of consensus protocols like Paxos, Raft is advantageous.


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.

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Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $194000 - $410000 annually.​

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.​

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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).​