Explore Innovation at ByteDance!

Across ByteDance, we never stop aiming for the highest. We believe that great ideas can come from anywhere – be it your first day as an intern on the PICO virtual reality team, or your third year managing a design team for the Lemon8 social platform, and anywhere in between. The most vital part of making an impact here is having the courage to think outside the box.

"Our values, more than any other place I've worked, are more than just words on a website," says Mark Dembitz, who works across multiple disciplines on Lark, ByteDance's all-in-one collaboration tool. "We take every opportunity to reinforce them. We really do aim for the highest, and hold ourselves accountable to those ambitious goals through performance reviews and town halls."

As a former competitive athlete in fencing, Dembitz was drawn to ByteDance due to the company's commitment to "Be Courageous and Aim for The Highest", a prominent "ByteStyle", or company value, he quoted.

"The secret to innovation at ByteDance is that it is a culture that supports risktaking and iteration: everyone is encouraged to come up with ideas and try them out. If they work, we double down. If they don't, we move on and don't focus on failure, but celebrate the fact that we tested and tried something really new."

Being able to work fast and innovate is essential, so Dembitz is proud of his team for creating the tools that make Lark intuitive for chatting, scheduling meetings, tracking tasks, and so much more. He believes these successes are only possible through our values. "Being candid and clear is critical," he says. "It's only by working together and respectfully challenging each other to do more that we achieve greatness. We're not here to do something average – we want to create the exceptional!"

ByteDance teams achieve best-in-industry results by listening to our users to evaluate features and catch issues across products. High levels of communication and collaboration across teams allow us to meet the needs of the industry. Again pulling examples from Lark, Dembitz explains that the product's bi-weekly releases are "always packed with new features and fixes, some small, some big. It's what has helped us iterate this product and in a few short years, create the absolute best collaboration tool that exists."

If you're interested in a career at Lark or one of ByteDance's other innovative products, don't hesitate to apply! There are limitless opportunities to do great work and enrich the lives of thousands of users. Explore open positions today.