[Remote] Backend Software Engineer Intern (Global E-Commerce) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ByteDance is a global technology company known for its innovative products like TikTok and CapCut. They are seeking an intern for the Global e-commerce Team to develop scalable services and optimize backend systems for e-commerce applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop efficient, highly scalable and secured services that power e-commerce products
• Optimize backend systems and services for data security, modularity, computational efficiency and scalability
• Design and develop data services and analytics platforms for e-commerce applications
• Develop best-in-class user privacy and data security engineering practices across all product engineering disciplines

Skills

• Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/Master in Computer Science or a related technical discipline
• Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2026
• Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
• Familiarity with backend development, and at least one of Java/Golang/Python/Scala/C++ languages
• Basic understanding of data structure, algorithm design and analysis, networking, data security and highly scalable systems design
• Familiarity of common databases and messaging frameworks like MySQL/Redis/Kafka etc
• Graduating December 2026 onwards with the intent to return to degree program after the completion of the internship
• Agile, quick self-learner, highly self-motivated with strong sense of product ownership and creative problem solver
• Deeply passionate about software coding/development and building great mobile/web applications
• Good collaborator and team player, comfortable working in a fast moving, culturally diverse and globally distributed team environment

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

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