Backend Software Engineer, Authorization - 2025 Start

at  ByteDance

About the Company
Founded in 2012, ByteDance’s mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok 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 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.
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.
Team Introduction
We are building the central and unified authorization service at ByteDance. The services we build include:
Authorization Product, which provides the customer-facing interface that’s used by all ByteDance employees daily.
Authorization Backend, which provides the unified and central authorization capability at ByteDance.

WE HAVE FOUR MAJOR INITIATIVES IN OUR TEAM:

• Build the most secure, reliable and scalable infra that enables high-quality service.
• Enforce fine-grained access control to secure all ByteDance resources and assets.
• Provide intuitive, efficient and transparent access experience to our users.
• Govern permissions with automation and tools that enforce the least-privileged access control.
  We are looking for talented individuals to join us in 2025. As a graduate, you will get unparalleled opportunities for you to kickstart your career, pursue bold ideas and explore limitless growth opportunities. Co-create a future driven by your inspiration with ByteDance.
  Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to ByteDance and its affiliates’ jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Responsibilities

• Drive, design and implement the backend of authorization services
• Design, develop, test and maintain quality code and documentation

Minimum Qualifications

• Final year or recent graduate with a background in Computer Science or other relevant majors.
• Graduate with a background in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security or a related technical discipline.
• Proficiency in using one or several mainstream programming languages including Golang, C++, Java and etc.
• Familiar with one or several middlewares, caching, message queues, and storage solutions, including Kafka, MySQL, NoSQL, Redis and etc.
• Good understanding of multi-tier application architecture and protocols, familiarity with product and software development lifecycle process.

Preferred Qualifications

• Agile, quick self learner, highly self-motivated with a strong sense of product ownership and creative problem solver.
• Passion for building large scale distributed system
• Good collaborator and team player, comfortable working in a fast moving, culturally diverse and globally distributed team environment.

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
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If you have any questions, please reach out to us at apac-earlycareers@bytedance.co

• Drive, design and implement the backend of authorization services
• Design, develop, test and maintain quality code and documentatio