ByteDance · 1 week ago
Software Engineer Intern (Payment Architecture) - Global Payment - 2026 Summer(BS/MS)
San Jose, CA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$45/hr - $60/hr
Start in 2026 SpringByteDance is a company founded in 2012 with a mission to inspire creativity and enrich life through innovative products like TikTok and CapCut. They are seeking a Software Engineer Intern for their Global Payment team to help develop and upgrade payment system architectures, ensuring a smooth and secure payment experience for users. The role involves combining domain knowledge with system architecture design, developing disaster tolerance strategies, and managing cross-team projects.
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Responsibilities
Combine domain knowledge of payment business and system architecture design capabilities to iteratively upgrade the global payment system architecture
Develop disaster tolerance and degradation strategies for various basic components used in the system to ensure the stability of system services
Build cross-region disaster tolerance capabilities for the global payment system. Under the premise of ensuring data security and compliance, ensure that the system can calmly face data center-level failures
Sort out business processes and dependencies, identify possible system bottlenecks in the system
Introduce new technologies and solutions to the team according to actual business needs
With one's own excellent project management and coordination and communication skills, be responsible for promoting key cross-team projects
Qualification
Required
Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/Graduate/Master
Software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages, such as Java/Go/C++/C#/Python
Excellent proficiency in backend server development and expertise in relational databases
Strong analytical thinking and exceptional attention to detail
Must be able to commit to a 12-week full-time work period during Summer or Fall 2026
Preferred
Relevant internship experience with hands-on exposure to the tech stack
Basic understanding of the payment industry and risk vendors
Graduating December 2025 onwards with the intent to return to degree program after the completion of the internship
Benefits
Interns have day one access to health insurance
Life insurance
Wellbeing benefits
10 paid holidays per year
Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year)
Housing allowance
Company
ByteDance
ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services.
Founded in 2012
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$9.8BKey Investors
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Leadership Team
Jochen Bischoff
Head of Global Business Solutions - Africa
Matty Lin
General Manager, Global Business Solutions, KR
Recent News
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