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# Senior Software Development Engineer - Cloud Native Databases

- **Company:** BYTEDANCE INC.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $207,480.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Cloud Database, Cloud Engineering, Databases, Computer Engineering, Relational Databases, Database Development, Database Schema, Software Debugging, Distributed Computing Environment, Distributed Data Store, Distributed Systems, Graph Database, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Unix Shell, MySQL, Query Optimization, Release Management, Software Engineering, Apache Zookeeper, Data Logging, Scripting, Data Storage Management, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Caching, Backend, Containerization, Information Technology, Search Engines, Database Monitoring
- **Published:** September 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.gamesjobsdirect.com/job/bytedance/senior-software-development-engineer-cloud-native-databases/353163

## About the Role

Minimum Qualifications: - Experience with query processing including execution and query optimization, transaction management, storage management, back and restore, - Experience building a large-scale high performance database platform. - Storage systems experience. - Distributed systems experience. - Strong C/C++, Go or Java programming skills. - Knowledge and experience with Linux shell and other scripting languages such as Python etc. Preferred Qualifications: - BS or a higher degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other related fields. - 3+ years industry experience in system or database internals programming. - Expertise in software engineering life cycle from previous internship, work experience, coding competitions, or publications. - Curiosity about new technologies, innovation and entrepreneurship. - High levels of creativity and quick problem-solving capabilities. - A results oriented attitude and able to deliver high quality code in a
fast-paced, dynamic agile team environment. - MySQL/PostgreSQL software development experience is a plus.

## Description

About the Team Join ByteDance's database development team, where you'll build and own cutting-edge database products supporting ByteDance's global infrastructure. Our diverse portfolio includes relational databases, distributed caches, key-value stores, document databases, graph databases, wide-column stores, search engines, and multi-model databases. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to enhance these services in a cloud-native environment, embracing a culture of intellectual curiosity, self-direction, and problem-solving. We embrace a culture of self-direction, intellectual curiosity, openness, and problem-solving. We are looking for candidates to work in an open, agile, and highly collaborative environment in the following areas: - Query Processing, including query execution, query optimization, system catalog, database schema management, etc. - Distributed Processing, including distributed transactions, distributed lock management, logging/recovery, replication,
intra-cluster communication etc. - Distributed Storage including blob storage, key-value stores such as rocksdb, ETCD or Zookeeper etc. - Cluster and system management including database scale out, high availability, backup/restore, database monitoring, observability and serviceability frameworks and tools including telemetry collection, performance and crash diagnostics etc. Responsibilities - Partner with PMs and engineers from different teams on building backend support for cloud database service products. - Design and development of core database system functionalities and related tools. - Conduct performance and scalability tests and research innovative ideas for improvement. - Design and implement comprehensive unit, functional and system-test for product quality. - Participate in release and deployment process. - Debug, conduct root cause analysis, diagnose defects. - Solve unique, large-scale, highly complex cloud infrastructure problems - Participate in the team's on-call
rotation to keep services operational and highly available


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