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Backend Software Engineer

ByteDance Dubai, United Arab Emirates Posted: 23 May 2024

Financial

  • Salary unspecified
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Professional

Position

About the job Responsibilities
ByteDance: Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Helo, and Resso, as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join Us: Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imagination thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact-for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve.

About The Team: We are committed to creating globally competitive products for ByteDance; to enhance efficiency and thereby reducing costs. Within our team, we focus on 1) building a comprehensive global Procurement system, and 2) an efficient global Travel service platform for all ByteDancers. We work towards the goal of creating a differentiated product and making an impact by exploring industry-leading practices and innovating through the integration of artificial intelligence technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Provide backend service expertise in developing new features by working closely with design, product, and other cross-functional teams.
  • Contribute to overall system design and code quality improvement.
  • Improve product quality through bug fixes, performance analysis, and tuning.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams in Asia.

Qualifications Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or related fields.
  • At least 2 years of backend software development experience.
  • Experience with one of the following general-purpose programming languages, including but not limited to: Golang, Java, and Python.
  • A strong developer and a great problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
  • Working proficiency and communication skills in English.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with or knowledge of messaging middleware, relational database, and common backend architecture.
  • Passion for building a large-scale product with incredible performance, stability, and elegant user experience.
  • Strong curiosity to learn new things and willingness to explore outside of the comfort zone.

Key traits we're looking for

  • You embody a mission-driven mindset.
  • You think strategically when driving results, dedicated to achieving measurable outcomes, and approach your role with a sense of ownership and accountability.
  • You're a Difference Maker. You possess the drive and passion to be a true difference maker within our organization.
  • You're not limited by your roles and responsibilities and have the ability to think out of the box, consistently bringing fresh perspectives and creative ideas to the table.
  • You're passionate and possess strong curiosity. You enjoy learning; staying up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies, and bringing innovative ideas to the team.
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About ByteDance

ByteDance is a global incubator of platforms at the cutting edge of commerce, content, entertainment, and enterprise services - over 2.5bn people interact with ByteDance products including TikTok. Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. We are committed to building a safe, healthy, and positive online environment for all our users. We have over 110,000 employees based in more than 30 countries globally. Join us.