PhD Cloud & AI Systems Research Intern

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Paid holidays

Paid sick time

Housing allowance

Job summary

ByteDance is seeking PhD interns to join the DPU Data Processing Unit team in San Jose. You will conduct research and build prototypes for cloud acceleration and AI infrastructure, leveraging DPUs, GPUs, and custom hardware.

The role emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaboration across hardware, software, and AI workloads. The program blends hands-on learning with professional development, offering rigorous research opportunities and potential production impact.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Able to commit to a full-time, 12-week internship during Summer 2027.
• Proficiency in C/C++ or Rust, including systems-level development and debugging.
• Strong Linux systems development experience
• Solid understanding of OS, computer architecture, networking, or distributed systems.
• Background in software-hardware co-design, computer architecture, distributed storage, high-performance networking, or AI/ML systems.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research and development in DPU-based cloud acceleration and large-scale AI infrastructure.
• Explore software-hardware co-design opportunities for AI/ML infrastructure using DPUs, GPUs, and custom hardware.
• Develop techniques for accelerating distributed AI training and inference, including data movement and memory systems.
• Perform end-to-end performance analysis across hardware, drivers, kernels, libraries, and runtimes.
• Build prototypes and evaluate designs with cloud and AI workloads at scale.
• Collaborate with hardware architects, software, and AI infra teams to move ideas to production.
• Contribute to architecture designs, publications, and long-term research directions.

Skills

C/C++

Rust

Linux

Systems programming

Networking

Education

PhD candidate in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

DPDK

RDMA

eBPF

Hypervisors

Job description

ByteDance is seeking PhD interns to join the DPU Data Processing Unit team in San Jose. You will conduct research and build prototypes for cloud acceleration and AI infrastructure, leveraging DPUs, GPUs, and custom hardware.

The role emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaboration across hardware, software, and AI workloads. The program blends hands-on learning with professional development, offering rigorous research opportunities and potential production impact.