Red Team Engineer Graduate (Security Assurance) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

About the Security Assurance Team at ByteDance The team is missioned to build infrastructures, platforms and technologies, as well as to support cross-functional teams to protect our users, products and infrastructures. In this team, you'll have a unique opportunity to have first-hand exposure to the strategy of the company in key security initiatives, especially in building scalable and secure-by-design systems and solutions. Our challenges are not your regular day-to-day technical problems; you'll be part of a team that's developing new solutions to new challenges of a kind not previously addressed by big tech. It's working fast, at scale, and we're making a difference. We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at ByteDance. Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2026. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume. 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 early. Responsibilities - Propose, plan, and execute Red Team Operations to determine if infrastructure components, systems and applications meet confidentiality, integrity, authentication, availability, authorisation, and nonrepudiation standards based on realistic threats to the organization. - Maintain a deep understanding of ByteDance Enterprise Products, how they work, and how they could be attacked or abused. - Conducts security exercises that emulate real-world threats, TTPs that are most relevant to our organization. - Translate requirements into test plan, write and execute test scripts or codes in line with standards and procedures to determine vulnerability to attacks. - Certify infrastructure components, systems and applications that meet security standards. - Write detailed reports covering the goals and outcomes of Red Team operations, including significant observations and recommendations. - Collaborate across multiple defense/product teams to propose enhancements and improve current security offerings. Minimum Qualifications - Final year or recent graduates with a background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or other STEM disciplines. Strong knowledge in some of these various disciplines: red team operations, infrastructure security, MITRE, TTPs. - An adversarial mindset to emulate a real-world attacker. - Excellent and professional communication skills with an ability to articulate complex topics in a clear and concise manner. Preferred Qualifications - Red Team Experience in an enterprise environment. - CTF players, live competitions and hacking events experience. - CVEs (excluding vulnerabilities such as XSS, CSRF in random CMS) are preferred. - BugBounty experience with reputable statistics in HackerOne, BugCrowd etc. 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 If you have any questions, please reach out to us at apac-earlycareers@bytedance.com