ByteDance Software Developer reviews

3.3

36% would recommend to a friend

(375 total reviews)
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Rubo Liang

42% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated ByteDance with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 375 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. ByteDance is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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375 reviews
2.0
Jan 22, 2026

Do not join cost departments

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Decent insurance and benefits - Relatively high bonus (25%+)

Cons

- A lot of internal competition between teams - Managers are clueless and give useless directions - A bunch of yes man in middle management pushing all responsibility to ICs - Need to justify your worth by finding problems that don't exist and try to solve them - Incompetent colleagues who got in through cronyism

5.0
Jan 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits and meaningful work

Cons

Can sometimes be understaffed, team dependent

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