ByteDance · 13 hours ago
Software Engineer Intern (Traffic Platform)- 2026 Summer (BS/MS)
San Jose, CA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$45/hr - $45/hr
Start in 2026 SpringByteDance is a company founded in 2012 that aims to inspire creativity and enrich life through its innovative products. They are seeking interns for their Traffic Platform team to contribute to building a multi-cloud based Cloud Native Traffic Platform that optimizes network traffic for TikTok and other applications.
ContentData MiningFoundational AIInternetSocial Media
Responsibilities
Design and develop features of traffic software (L4 and L7 Load Balancer, Caching), integrate based on our traffic platform to process terabyte-scale data in real-time
Build data pipelines and develop telemetry systems to support datadriven traffic control
Develop API acceleration and other networking services that run on top of our multi-cloud based traffic platform
Problem solving and performance tuning for online traffic
Research new technologies for more efficient and scalable traffic processing
Qualification
Required
Experience in developing network systems in Rust, C, C++, and/or Go, developing skills in Linux environment
Familiarity with network protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPs, and DNS
Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2026
Preferred
Experience in developing proxy software such as Nginx and Envoy is a big plus
Experience in networking security systems such as WAF, L4/L7 Anti-DDOS is a big plus
Experience in System Programming using low level system calls such as epoll, io-uring, etc., is a big plus
Experience in networking newer protocols such as HTTP2, HTTP3/QUIC, TLS1.3, etc
Benefits
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
Capital TodayG42Tiger Global Management
2025-11-20Secondary Market· $300M
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Leadership Team
Jochen Bischoff
Head of Global Business Solutions - Africa
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