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Data Center Network Automation Engineer

ByteDance
San Jose, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 8 Apr 2026
💰 $387,600/yr($156,000/yr$387,600/yr)

About the role

About the Team
ByteDance Networking brings together innovative ideas and technologies from network architecture, software-defined networking (SDN), network virtualization, switch software and hardware co-design, and high-speed networking, to create hyperscale data-center networking solutions that power several of the most popular apps of the world such as Douyin and TikTok which serve hundreds of millions of users around the globe.

ByteDance Networking is responsible for designing, building, and operating the global, intelligent network infrastructure to meet the requirements of high availability, scalability, and high-performance. By joining this team, you will gain marketable software development and/or network operation experiences in data center networking at massive scale.

Responsibilities
- Develop Programming/scripting in Python to enhance automation and improve efficiency in IDC network implementation and operations.
- Analyze network data and create software solutions by applying principles and techniques from computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
- Work closely with software development teams to design automated operational solutions and drive problem solving.
- Stay updated with the network automation related techniques and methodologies.
- Work with cross-functional teams including but not limited to compute, storage, database, recommendation system, drive the innovation and evolution of ByteDance network.
- Travel may require up to 15% - 30% of the time.

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $156000 - $387600 annually.

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