Job Description

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Software Engineer Intern, Edge Platform (Summer 2026)

About ByteDance

Founded in 2012, ByteDance’s mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of over a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut, and Pico, as well as platforms specific to the China market like Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance makes it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Team Introduction

ByteDance’s Edge platform is a Kubernetes-based distributed system that manages hundreds of Points of Presence (PoPs) globally. Its primary goal is to provide cloud-native interfaces for internal and external users to deploy and manage a wide array of location/latency-sensitive workloads. These workloads include traffic acceleration, CDN caching, gaming, livestreaming, RTC, and general edge computing.

As a Software Engineer Intern on this team, you will contribute to building this crucial cloud-native platform. Your work will focus on managing the entire lifecycle (creation, deployment, CI/CD, etc.) and traffic flow (ingress, proxy, DNS, traffic scheduling, etc.) for edge services across our globally distributed PoPs. Additionally, you will help develop and enhance essential management tools (monitoring, alerting, logging, etc.) for these services.

Internship Program Details

We are seeking talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026. This program offers students valuable industry exposure and practical, hands-on experience. Interns will develop fundamental skills, explore potential career paths, and utilize their knowledge in real-world scenarios. The program runs for 12 weeks and includes a vibrant blend of social events and enriching development workshops to support personal and professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to build an enterprise-level platform (PaaS) that serves both internal and external teams.
• Develop and enhance microservices using Cloud Native technologies such as Kubernetes, gRPC, REST, Nginx/Envoy, Postgres, Containers, etc.
• Write the necessary unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests.
• Work in a fast-paced environment and be responsible end-to-end for the production environment.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s program in Computer Science, Computing Engineering, or related fields.
• Experience in programming languages such as Go, Python, Java, C/C++.
• Experience with the TCP/IP networking stack.
• Experience in using Docker or other container technologies.
• Must obtain and maintain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire.
• Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2026.

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid understanding of edge computing concepts, content delivery networks (CDN), load balancing strategies, and distributed storage/compute architectures.
• Experience in Kubernetes-related Cloud Native development, such as Kubernetes API, Operator, Custom Resource Definition (CRD) development, or other related Open Source projects.
• Deep understanding of data structure design, networking, authentication, and data security.
• Contributions to Kubernetes or other CNCF open-source projects (e.g., PRs, bug fixes, or new features in repositories with 1,000+ stars).
• Experience with one or more databases and messaging frameworks, such as MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, etc.

Application Process

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. This application limit applies to ByteDance and its affiliates’ jobs globally. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply as early as possible. Please clearly state your availability (Start date, End date) in your resume.

Summer Start Dates (2026)

• May 11th, 2026
• May 18th, 2026
• May 26th, 2026
• June 8th, 2026
• June 22nd, 2026

Online Assessment

Candidates who pass the resume screening will be invited to participate in ByteDance’s technical online assessment.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation Description (Hourly) – Campus Intern

The hourly rate for this position in the selected city is $45.

Benefits

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, and wellbeing benefits. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in the first half of the year, 40 if hired in the second half of the year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for a housing allowance. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

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. Our global, diverse teams make this possible. 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 an 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.

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. We are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach.

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.

Legal Disclosures

By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to our global applicant privacy policy, which may be accessed here: https://jobs.bytedance.com/en/legal/privacy

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:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
• Exercising sound judgment.