Data Development Engineer - Global Payment

About the role

The Global Payment team of ByteDance provides payment solutions such as payment acquisitions, disbursements, transaction monitoring, payment method management, foreign exchange conversion, accounting and reconciliations, ensuring a smooth and secure payment experience on ByteDance platforms including TikTok. The Data Intelligence team within Global Payment collects, visualises and mines data from the whole Global Payment system to optimise business metrics, improve products and user experiences, strengthen risk management and predict trends. This role covers the data flow and data services of the global payment business.

Key responsibilities

• Own the data flow and related data service construction for ByteDance's global payment business
• Handle ultra-large-scale data, processing hundreds of billions of incremental user data daily
• Manage real-time transmission, cleaning, conversion and calculation of streaming data, and provide efficient external query services
• Take part in data governance to improve data usability and quality
• Work closely with business teams to understand and abstract business requirements and leverage data value

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics or a related major
• Familiarity with the Linux operating system and development environment
• Solid computer fundamentals (data structures, operating systems)
• Meticulous, sensitive to data and able to spot problems in data

Required skills

• Proficiency in one programming language such as C/C++, Java or Python
• Preferred: experience in open-source projects or software development competitions
• Preferred: familiarity with big data tools such as Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive, Storm, Spark, Druid, Kafka, HBase and Elasticsearch