Software Engineer (ElasticSearch / OpenSearch) - Cloud Infrastructure

at  BYTEDANCE PTE LTD

ABOUT 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 and Helo 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.

TEAM INTRODUCTION

The Cloud Search team is dedicated to providing a fully managed search service built on open-source technologies such as Elasticsearch and OpenSearch. The team delivers a reliable, easy-to-use and high-performance search engine for ByteDance’s various production workloads. We are looking for engineers who are passionate about search, analytics and distributed systems to join the team. Here we embrace a culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, openness, and problem-solving. You will experience the benefits of working in an environment that provides the support and mentorship to learn and grow as you need. We also encourage ownership and self-driven enthusiasm to work on various projects.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong programming fundamentals with excellent design and coding style, particularly in operating systems, data structures and networking;
• Familiar with Java, JVM, Lucene, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, analytics and distributed systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related major, with at least 4 years of relevant experience;
  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 bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too

RESPONSIBILITIES

ByteDance will be prioritising applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore and do not require ByteDance sponsorship of a visa.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

1. Responsible for the design and development of the search platform to fulfil the requirements of all product lines at ByteDance;
2. Extend the capabilities of Elasticsearch/OpenSearch/Lucene to deliver a reliable and versatile search engine;
3. Troubleshoot problems that occur in the production environment;
4. Enhance the Elasticsearch/OpenSearch ecosystem such as building versatile data ingestion channels to provide an easy-to-use search service;
5. Optimize the search service with high throughput and low latency to meet various business goals;
6. Ensure the reliability and availability of the Elasticsearch/OpenSearch clusters with traffic governance and multi-datacenter disaster recovery capability;
7. Explore and find out the best engineering practices for various business scenarios.