Research Scientist Intern - Multi-modal AI Systems

ByteDance; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 64,782,000 - 92,265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

Housing allowance

Job summary

ByteDance seeks a Research Scientist Intern (Multi-modal Agentic Databases) in Seattle for a 2027 start. This PhD-level internship focuses on LLM/AI and infrastructure, with projects like a cloud-native vector index library and TextToSQL, and opportunities to publish at top venues.

The program blends hands-on prototyping, research, and collaboration with mentors, offering a dynamic environment for students to contribute to cutting-edge technologies and products.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science or related discipline.
• Understand how distributed systems work.
• Great programming skill in one or more of the following programming languages: C/C++, Go, Java or Python.
• Be able to conduct advanced research under supervision.
• Strong past research experience in infrastructure system areas.
• Research experience with LLM

Responsibilities

• Do research survey and come up with a new system and algorithm design
• Develop prototyping systems
• Be able to debug systems and measure system performance
• Collaborate with mentors and other lab members
• Write technical reports and publish papers

Skills

Distributed systems understanding

C/C++

Go

Java

Python

LLM knowledge

Education

PhD in Computer Science or related

Job description

ByteDance seeks a Research Scientist Intern (Multi-modal Agentic Databases) in Seattle for a 2027 start. This PhD-level internship focuses on LLM/AI and infrastructure, with projects like a cloud-native vector index library and TextToSQL, and opportunities to publish at top venues.

The program blends hands-on prototyping, research, and collaboration with mentors, offering a dynamic environment for students to contribute to cutting-edge technologies and products.