Cloud Leader - RD & SRE
ByteDance
Responsibilities
About the Team Our Infrastructure Engineering team builds and operates hyperscale data centers, manages the full lifecycle of server clusters, delivers cloud solutions, and develops foundational infrastructure services. We ensure scalability and reliability of systems, supporting the company’s rapid growth. Responsibilities: As a Cloud Leader, you will b designing, building, scaling, and operating ByteDance’s global infrastructure across large-scale systems in both public and private cloud environments. - Develop internal tools, automation frameworks, visualization platforms, and monitoring systems to streamline workflows and continuously improve the efficiency of global infrastructure. - Build, manage, and standardize multi-environment cloud images (e.g., AMIs and machine images) in compliance with global security and governance standards. - Continuously improve operational efficiency in public cloud environments, proactively identifying and mitigating reliability risks. - Thrive in a fast-paced environment by participating in on-call rotations and handling incidents related to cloud platforms, operating systems, networking, performance, and system reliability. - Drive continuous improvement across the full infrastructure lifecycle - from ideation and architecture design to development, deployment, user support, and ongoing optimization.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Security, or a related field. - 5+ years of experience in Linux systems operations, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or DevOps, preferably in large-scale production environments. - Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Go, Python, or C++, with strong engineering capabilities in platform development, system tooling, and automation. - Solid computer science fundamentals, with in-depth understanding of Linux internals, computer networking, storage systems, GPU systems, and databases, along with strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills. - Familiarity with core reliability engineering practices, including monitoring and alerting, capacity planning, change management, canary releases, incident response, and post-incident reviews. - Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in global teams. Ability to proactively identify issues, drive cross-functional execution, and demonstrate strong ownership and results orientation. Preferred Qualifications - Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms, or deep familiarity with leading cloud providers such as OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP and their underlying architectures. - Experience in large-scale cloud instance provisioning, image/AMI systems, resource scheduling, network adaptation, and virtualization technologies such as KVM and QEMU. - Experience in cross-region compliance and access control, with the ability to design and optimize security and governance frameworks. - Experience working directly with major cloud providers across the full lifecycle (resource selection, provisioning, operations, and reliability), especially with advanced GPU instance families (e.g., B/GB series). - Proven experience delivering reliability-focused projects, such as fault injection/chaos engineering systems, capacity management, change governance, observability platform development, and infrastructure cost optimization.
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $244800 - $588000 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).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
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, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico 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 ByteDance
Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.
As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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.
Reasonable Accommodation
ByteDance 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://tinyurl.com/RA-request