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ByteDance

Frontend Software Engineer Intern (Global E-Commerce) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

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Seattle, United states

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Internship

02-12-2025

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Skills

JavaScript TypeScript HTML CSS Product Management Architecture Application Architecture Programming angular react Software Development Agile JavaScript/TypeScript HTML/CSS E-commerce

Job Specifications

Responsibilities

Global e-commerce Team is a content e-commerce business with international short video products as the carrier. It is committed to becoming the first choice for users to discover and purchase good products at affordable prices. The global e-commerce business team hopes to provide users with a more tailored, active, and efficient consumption experience, enabling merchants to receive stable and reliable platform services in different scenarios such as live e-commerce, and short video content e-commerce, so as to make more affordable and high-quality products sell easily and a better life within reach.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026. Internships at ByteDance aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Turn your ambitions into reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at ByteDance.

Internships at ByteDance aim to provide students with hands-on experience in developing fundamental skills and exploring potential career paths. A vibrant blend of social events and enriching development workshops will be available for you to explore. Here, you will utilize your knowledge in real-world scenarios while laying a strong foundation for personal and professional growth. It runs for 12 weeks.

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 as early as possible. Please state your availability clearly in your resume (Start date, End date).

Summer Start Dates:

May 11th, 2026
May 18th, 2026
May 26th, 2026
June 8th, 2026
June 22nd, 2026

Online Assessment

Candidates who pass resume screening will be invited to participate in ByteDance's technical online assessment.

Responsibilities:

Develop efficient and highly reusable front-end systems that drive complex web applications for e-commerce products.
Code optimization to improve scalability, reliability, security and performance of web applications.
Collaborate with product design, product management and software engineering teams to deliver best in class user experience.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

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.
General familiarity and interest in frontend development, including:

Languages: JavaScript/Typescript/HTML/CSS

Frontend frameworks: React/Vue/Angular

Packaging frameworks: Webpack/Rollup/BaBel/AST/Gulp

Familiar with key concepts like functional and asynchronous programming, closures and types, layouts, specificity, animation, cross browser compatibility, data security and accessibility.
General understanding of multi-tier application architecture and protocols, familiarity with product and software development lifecycle process.

Preferred Qualifications:

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.

By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to our global applicant privacy policy, which may be accessed here: https://jobs.bytedance.com/en/legal/privacy

Job Information

For Pay TransparencyCompensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $42.75- $42.75.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employm

About the Company

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 dri... Know more