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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 7, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 30, 2026. ByteDance scores A on the Alion truth index.

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ByteDance is a Chinese internet technology company founded in Beijing in 2012 that operates some of the world's largest content and commerce platforms. Its portfolio includes the short-video apps TikTok and Douyin, the news aggregator Toutiao, the video editor CapCut, the workplace suite Lark and the Doubao family of AI assistants and models. Recommendation systems trained on user behaviour sit at the centre of every product, and the company has grown into one of the highest-revenue private technology businesses in the world.

岗位职责 / Responsibilities

About the Team:

You will be working within the System Technology and Engineering (STE) Global team based in London, San Jose, and Singapore. The STE team works on system software-including but not limited to Linux Kernel, Open Source Linux Operating System, Compilers, and Fundamental Libraries-focusing on stability and reliability within the company's large-scale data centers. Together with other teams, we collaborate on next-generation hardware and software. We actively participate in open-source communities and incorporate cutting-edge technology and innovation into our products.

The System Technologies and Engineering team is looking for an experienced Operating System Engineer to develop the Linux Operating System (OS) to adapt to all kinds of servers within the datacenter. This individual will work with the global team to develop, maintain, and improve the OS as well as related quality testing, delivery, deployment, and maintenance systems for both bare-metal servers and third-party cloud servers.

Responsibilities:

- Combine software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively fault-tolerant systems, ensuring reliability for critical internal and external systems.

- Troubleshoot at the system software level, including operating systems and components such as storage, networking, and compute engines.

- Improve and optimize automated operating system monitoring, software deployment, and upgrade systems.

- Support new hardware platforms (CPU, GPU, network, and storage devices) by evolving and adapting system software.

- Optimize AIOps tools for managing large-scale server clusters.

任职要求 / Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.

- Strong knowledge of common data structures, algorithms, multi-threaded programming, and server performance optimization.

- Solid understanding of Linux operating system concepts and IT infrastructure.

- Proficient with Linux shell commands and scripting.

- Experience with C or C++, and proficiency in languages such as Python, Go, Rust, or CUDA.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Hands-on experience in Linux operating system development, distribution building, or related domains.

- Familiarity with Computer Architecture and the server development lifecycle.

- In-depth understanding of Linux/Unix OS architecture, Linux Kernel mechanisms, Linux Kernel programming, system, glibc, and Kubernetes.

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