AI/LLM Network Research Intern (High Speed Network) - 2027 Start (PhD)

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Housing allowance

Paid holidays

Job summary

ByteDance Networking invites talented interns to join a team building high-performance data-center networks powering apps like Douyin and TikTok. You will work on transport protocols, RDMA, congestion control, and AI network optimization in a fast-paced research environment.

The role emphasizes pursuing a PhD in networking, strong coding skills in C/C++, Python, or Go, and the ability to read academic papers and contribute to open publications. Interns receive comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a PhD in computer networking or related field.
• Experience with TCP/RoCEv2 or socket/verbs API or DC congestion control.
• Knowledge of PCIe/NVLink/UALink and differences with scale-out protocols.
• Experience in high-speed network systems including RDMA, congestion control, AI network optimization.
• Proficiency in C/C++, Python, Go.
• Knowledge of GPU architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design, optimize, implement and deploy high-performance transport protocols to support AI/LLM applications.
• Design, optimization, implementation and deployment of congestion control algorithms to support AI/LLM applications.
• Research and development of high-performance AI communication framework, network protocol stacks, and co-design optimization of host-network-application to improve scalability, reliability and performance.
• Follow the latest technologies from academia and industry, identify the innovative parts of the system and present in academic papers.

Skills

TCP/RoCEv2

Socket/verbs API

PCIe/NVLink/UALink

RDMA & congestion control

C/C++/Python/Go

GPU architecture

Education

PhD in computer networking

Tools

NCCL

MPI

RPC libraries

Job description

Responsibilities

ByteDance Networking brings together innovative ideas and technologies from network architecture, software defined networking (SDN), network virtualization, switch software and hardware co-design, and high-speed networking, to create hyperscale data-center networking solutions that power several of the most popular apps of the world such as Douyin and TikTok which serve hundreds of millions of users around the globe.

ByteDance Networking is responsible for designing, building, and operating the global, intelligent network infrastructure to meet the requirements of high availability, scalability, and high-performance. By joining this team, you will gain marketable software development and/or network operation experiences in data center networking at massive scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, optimization, implementation and deployment of high-performance transport protocols to support AI/LLM applications.
• Design, optimization, implementation and deployment of congestion control algorithms to support AI/LLM applications..
• Research and development of high-performance AI communication framework, network protocol stacks, and co-design optimization of host-network-application to improve the scalability, reliability and performance of AI/LLM networks.
• Follow the latest technologies from academia and industry, identify the innovative parts of the system and present in academic papers.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a PhD in computer networking or a related technical discipline.
• Experience with at least one of the following areas: familiarity with network protocols like TCP and RoCEv2, experience in network programming based on Socket and verbs APIs or familiarity with Data Center congestion control algorithms, understand their pros and cons;
• Knowledge of scale-up protocols like PCIe, NVLink, UALink, and their differences with scale-out network protocols;
• Experience in the area of high-speed network systems, including RDMA, congestion control, AI network optimization and so on;
• Proficiency in one or several mainstream programming languages, including C/C++, Python, Go and so on;
• Have some knowledge of GPU architecture;

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.
• Experience in developing high performance communication frameworks (including NCCL, MPI and RPC libraries) is a plus.

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $60- $60.

Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and 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.

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
• Exercising sound judgment.

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect - and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

Reasonable Accommodation

ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request