Cloud Acceleration Engineer – DPU & AI Infra
ByteDance · Seattle
Big Tech AIonsitemid-level$154k–$301k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build foundational compute infrastructure for ByteDance and Volcano Engine cloud.
- Shape next wave of cloud-scale computing for AI and distributed workloads.
- Drive end-to-end optimization to advance reliability and low-latency performance.
What they offer
- Discretionary bonuses/incentives and restricted stock units
- Medical, dental and vision insurance from day one
- 401(k) savings plan with company match
- Paid parental leave, life insurance and disability coverage
- 10 paid holidays, 10 sick days and 17 days of Paid Personal Time
Ideal candidate
Low-level systems builder fascinated by hardware-software co-design and cloud-scale performance. You enjoy deep optimization and shaping next-generation AI infrastructure with hardware teams.
Requirements
- B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field, or Ph.D. with strong research/publications
- 2+ years of relevant industry experience (exception for Ph.D. with strong background)
- Proficiency in C/C++ development and debugging
- Strong Linux systems development experience
- Solid understanding of compute, network architecture and operating systems
- Background in software-hardware co-design, distributed systems, high-performance networking, or AI/ML systems
- Experience with software-hardware co-design for networking, storage or distributed compute
- Hands-on experience with network virtualization (OVS, SR-IOV, eBPF)
- Familiarity with DPDK and high-performance user-space networking
- Hardware acceleration experience with FPGA/ASIC/GPU/CUDA
- Experience with NCCL collectives, AI communication patterns and parallelization techniques
- Experience building AI/ML infrastructure such as inference KV cache or data preprocessing systems
Lab profile
About ByteDance
Global technology company building AI-powered entertainment, content, and enterprise platforms including TikTok.
What they build
- TikTok
- Douyin
- CapCut
Known for
- Large-scale recommendation systems
- Generative AI and foundation models
- Global consumer platforms at scale
Key facts
- Founded in 2012
- Headquartered in Beijing, China
- 150,000+ employees globally
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