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ByteDance · 2 weeks ago

Research Intern (AI/LLM Network) - 2026 Start (PhD)

positionUnited States
timeInternship
remoteRemote
seniorityIntern
money$60/hr - $60/hr
workcardStart in 2026

ByteDance is a leading technology company known for its innovative applications like TikTok and Douyin. They are seeking a Research Intern to contribute to their AI/LLM networking solutions, focusing on high-speed network technologies and large-scale system monitoring.

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Responsibilities

Design, implementation and deployment of high-speed network technologies to support AI/LLM applications
Design and development of platforms/systems for monitoring, analysis and diagnosis of large scale AI/LLM network
Research and development of high-performance AI communication framework, network protocol stacks, and codesign optimization of host-network-application to improve the scalability, reliability and performance of AI/LLM network
Follow the latest technologies from academia and industry, identify the innovative parts of the system and present in academic papers

Qualification

Computer networkingNetwork programmingC/C++PythonGoHigh-speed network systemsCommunication frameworksAI network optimizationSoftware-hardware co-designNetworking conference publications

Required

Currently pursuing a PhD in computer networking or a related technical discipline
Experience with at least one of the following areas:
Proficiency in computer network and network programming
Proficiency in one or several mainstream programming languages, including C/C++, Python, Go and so on
Be familiar with the latest advances in the area of high-speed network systems, including RDMA, congestion control, AI network optimization and so on
Experience in developing high performance communication frameworks (including NCCL, MPI and RPC libraries) is a plus
Experience in developing software systems for AI network diagnosis and performance optimization

Preferred

Be familiar with AI training/inference systems and software-hardware co-design
Having top tier networking conference publications such as NSDI, SIGCOMM, OSDI, SOSP etc

Benefits

Interns have day one access to health insurance
Life insurance
Wellbeing benefits
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)
Housing allowance

Company

ByteDance

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ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services.
dateFounded in 2012
location
Beijing, Beijing, CHN
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
http://bytedance.com

H1B Sponsorship

ByteDance has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1350)
2024 (1123)
2023 (775)
2022 (487)
2021 (417)
2020 (245)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$9.8B
Key Investors
Capital TodayG42Tiger Global Management
2025-11-20Secondary Market· $300M
2024-07-25Secondary Market
2023-03-14Secondary Market· $100M

Leadership Team

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Jochen Bischoff
Head of Global Business Solutions - Africa
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Matty Lin
General Manager, Global Business Solutions, KR
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