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Cloud Acceleration Engineer – DPU & AI Infra

ByteDance · Seattle

Big Tech AIonsitemid-level$154k–$301k
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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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