Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and operate backend services for global payment and financial systems.
- Build standardized capabilities for payments, refunds, settlement, merchant services, billing, and related financial workflows.
- Develop end-to-end payment solutions connecting business systems with payment platform capabilities across services, markets, and partners.
- Improve system scalability, availability, performance, security, and observability for high-volume financial transactions.
- Apply AI-assisted engineering tools for development, testing, debugging, incident analysis, and operational automation.
- Explore AI-native capabilities and agent-based workflows for payment operations, engineering productivity, risk detection, and issue resolution.
- Collaborate with product managers, engineers, data scientists, operations teams, and external payment partners.
- Participate in technical design, code reviews, production-readiness reviews, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Requirements
- Proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language such as Go, Java, C++, Python, or a similar language.
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, databases, computer networks, or distributed systems.
- Ability to analyze complex problems, break them into clear components, and develop practical solutions.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
Benefits
- Hands-on internship experience, industry exposure, and opportunities to apply knowledge to real-world challenges.
- Opportunities to explore career paths and participate in social events, learning programs, and development workshops.
- Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and candidates should state their availability, including start and end dates, on their resume.
- Candidates may apply to a maximum of two positions across the company and its global affiliates.
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.