ByteDance · 18 hours ago
Senior Software Development Engineer, Rational Database Service (RDS)
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$178K/yr - $342K/yr
2+ years expByteDance is a technology company that inspires creativity and enriches life through innovative products. They are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for their Rational Database Service (RDS) to develop and enhance database products within a cloud-native environment, ensuring reliability and performance for global infrastructure.
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Responsibilities
Partner closely with Product Managers (PMs) to develop RDS features (e.g., database operation tickets, backup/restore, scaling, high availability); drive cross-team collaboration to ensure aligned execution and timely delivery of RDS products
Design and develop the RDS platform and core components (e.g., database instance management, resource lifecycle management, monitoring & alerting modules, backup/restore systems) based on business scenarios and user demands; implement high-performance, reliable, and secure database service capabilities, including but not limited to automated deployment, elastic scaling, fault self-healing, and data consistency guarantees; and enhance system scalability to support millions of database instances and high concurrent access
Conduct performance and scalability tests and research innovative ideas for improvement
Design and implement comprehensive unit, functional and system-test for product quality
Participate in the release and deployment process
Solve unique, large-scale, highly complex cloud infrastructure problems
Qualification
Required
Bachelor/Master degree in computer-related fields
Minimum of 2 years of working experience in Software development field
Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages, such as Golang, Python, etc
Demonstrated good coding practices, including code cleanliness, refactoring skills, and experience with unit testing
Familiar with web development frameworks and tools, such as Django, Flask, Gin, Kitex, etc
Familiar with database management and internal implementation mechanisms
Preferred
Familiar with core web development technologies: HTTP protocol, RESTful API design specifications, JSON/Protobuf data serialization, and middleware development
Experience with microservice architecture; knowledge of service discovery (Consul/Nacos), load balancing, RPC frameworks (Kitex/Go-Micro/gRPC), and distributed configuration centers
Experience with database kernel/database middleware/database management platform experience is preferred. (Commonly used databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Mongodb, HBase, Clickhouse, etc.)
Strong motivation for technology, good communication skills and teamwork spirit, excellent problem analysis and problem-solving skills are preferred
Benefits
Day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance
A 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
ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$9.8BKey Investors
Capital TodayG42Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Japan,Sequoia Capital
2025-11-20Secondary Market· $300M
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Leadership Team
Jochen Bischoff
Head of Global Business Solutions - Africa
Matty Lin
General Manager, Global Business Solutions, KR
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