[Remote] Research Intern (AI Infra Compute) - 2026 Start (PhD)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ByteDance is a global technology company known for its innovative products like TikTok. They are seeking a Research Intern for their AI Infra Compute team to explore and develop key technologies for their AI infrastructure stack, build prototypes, and showcase research findings through academic publications.

Responsibilities

• Explore and develop key technologies for our AI Infra stack, including AI training and inference platforms, AI Agent infrastructure, etc
• Build prototypes to verify the functionality and performance of key components or innovations
• Showcase our research findings and products through academic publications

Skills

• Currently pursuing a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Familiar with Go and Python development in Linux environments
• Experience in at least one of the following areas: LLM training, LLM inference and AI Agent
• Ability to work independently and complete projects from beginning to end and in a timely manner
• Good communication and teamwork skills to clearly communicate technical concepts with other teammates
• Code contributions to open source communities like Pytorch, vLLM or SGlang
• Publications in relevant computer science conferences such as OSDI or MLSYS

Benefits

• Interns have day one access to health insurance
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing benefits and more
• Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year
• 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

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