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ByteDance · 1 day ago

Senior Software Engineer - Network Security

positionSan Jose, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$187K/yr - $360K/yr
date5+ years exp

ByteDance is a company founded in 2012 with a mission to inspire creativity and enrich life. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build network security products, support customized solutions for compliance, and assist internal and external customers with network security needs.

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Responsibilities

Design and build network security products, including but not limited to Firewall, Anti-DDoS, WAF, NDR, etc with high standards
Support ByteDance businesses with customized and home-grown network security solutions to meet compliance and security requirements
Support network security products for internal and external customers

Qualification

Networking protocolsC programmingGO programmingLinux systemsDPDKEBPFAI/ML modelsFirewall developmentThreat detection analysisCommunication skillsCollaboration skillsProblem solving

Required

Self-driven problem solver with great communication and collaboration skills
B.S. or advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or other relevant majors, with 5 years software development experience in the cybersecurity domain
Solid understanding of networking & networking protocols, like NAT, Vxlan, BGP, DNS, HTTP, L7-proxy Thrift, FTP etc
Good understanding of DPDK or eBPF
Proficient with C and GO and strong background in Linux systems

Preferred

Experience in building AI/ML models or training/fine-tune with LLM
Experience with firewall or WAF development
Threat detection analysis experience with Spark SQL

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) savings plan with company match
Paid parental leave
Short-term and long-term disability coverage
Life insurance
Wellbeing benefits
10 paid holidays per year
10 paid sick days per year
17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)

Company

ByteDance

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ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services.
dateFounded in 2012
location
Beijing, Beijing, CHN
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
http://bytedance.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$9.8B
Key Investors
Capital TodayG42Tiger Global Management
2025-11-20Secondary Market· $300M
2024-07-25Secondary Market
2023-03-14Secondary Market· $100M

Leadership Team

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Jochen Bischoff
Head of Global Business Solutions - Africa
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Matty Lin
Managing Director, Monetization and Partnerships
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