ByteDance · 1 week ago
Research Scientist Intern (AI Infrastructure)- 2026 Start (PhD)
United States
Internship
Remote
Intern
Start in 2026ByteDance is a leading technology company focused on inspiring creativity and enriching life through innovative products. They are seeking a Research Scientist Intern to work on AI infrastructure, collaborating with researchers and engineers to enhance AI-driven products and services.
ContentData MiningFoundational AIInternetSocial Media
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end design of scalable, reliable AI infrastructure (AI accelerators, compute clusters, storage, networking) for training and serving large ML workloads
Define and implement service-oriented, containerized architectures (Kubernetes, VM frameworks, unikernels) optimized for ML performance and security
Profile and optimize every layer of the ML stack—ML Compiler, GPU/TPU scheduling, NCCL/RDMA networking, data preprocessing, and training/inference frameworks
Develop low-overhead telemetry and benchmarking frameworks to identify and eliminate bottlenecks in distributed training and serving
Build and operate large-scale deployment and orchestration systems that auto-scale across multiple data centers (on-premises and cloud)
Champion fault-tolerance, high availability, and cost-efficiency through smart resource management and workload placement
Architect and implement robust ETL and data ingestion pipelines (Spark/Beam/Dask/Flume) tailored for petabyte-scale ML datasets
Integrate experiment management and workflow orchestration tools (Airflow, Kubeflow, Metaflow) to streamline research-to-production
Partner with ML researchers to translate prototype requirements into production-grade systems
Mentor and coach engineers on best practices in performance tuning, systems design, and reliability engineering
Qualification
Required
Graduation date in 2026 year with a PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
Understanding of infrastructure or systems engineering focused roles, with ML/AI infrastructure
Strong programming skills in Python, C++, Go, or Rust for systems development and automation
Excellent communicator able to bridge research and production teams
Strong problem-solving aptitude and a drive to push the state of the art in ML infrastructure
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.
Company
ByteDance
ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services.
Founded in 2012
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$9.8BKey Investors
Capital TodayG42Tiger Global Management
2025-11-20Secondary Market· $300M
2024-07-25Secondary Market
2023-03-14Secondary Market· $100M
Leadership Team
Jochen Bischoff
Head of Global Business Solutions - Africa
Matty Lin
General Manager, Global Business Solutions, KR
Recent News
2026-01-08
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