ByteDance expands global R&D centers and dispatches engineers to Canada, Australia and other places

IT House reported on January 18 that in response to recent rumors that TikTok’s domestic employees have transferred overseas, people close to ByteDance revealed that the company is preparing to build R&D centers in Canada, Australia and other places. At present, some R&D centers have been in trial operation for about half a year, and will support the R&D of multiple overseas businesses such as TikTok, CapCut, and Lemon8 in the future.

ByteDance plans to focus on local recruitment and assist in the establishment of relevant R&D centers through a small number of expatriates. It is understood that in the past six months, the company has selected a small number of engineers from the United States, China, Singapore and other places to participate in the preparation of . Among them, a total of 120 people from China have been dispatched to the R&D centers in the two places, including product, R&D and operation positions. Relevant people said that this move is to cope with the development of overseas business and better meet the needs of users in different markets.

▲ ByteDance Singapore Office Building

In recent years, ByteDance’s overseas business has developed rapidly. As early as September 2021, short video app TikTok had more than 1 billion monthly active users worldwide.

According to public information, ByteDance currently has 110,000 employees located in more than 120 cities around the world. In addition, the company has R&D centers in 4 countries and 15 cities.

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