Server Fleet Engineer Intern — Linux, Automation & AI

ByteDance; New York (NY); On-site; USD 29,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

10 paid holidays per year

Paid sick time (56 hours / year)

Job summary

ByteDance is offering a Server Fleet Operations internship in New York, focusing on managing the full lifecycle of servers powering self-built data centers across the US and Europe. You will work with hardware design, data center operations, supply chain, and automation engineering to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment.

You will perform deployment, monitoring, and maintenance across CPU/GPU fleets, write automation scripts, troubleshoot Linux systems, and explore AI-driven

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's in CS, Computer Engineering, EE, IT, or related field.
• Comfortable with basic Linux administration and troubleshooting.
• Some scripting/programming experience (Python, Bash, Go, or similar).
• Basic understanding of hardware, OS concepts, networking, or distributed systems.
• Some exposure to server hardware, firmware (BIOS/UEFI), or system architecture.

Responsibilities

• Get hands-on with server deployment, monitoring, and maintenance across CPU and GPU fleets.
• Write scripts and small tools (Python, Bash, or similar) to automate repetitive operational tasks.
• Learn to troubleshoot real Linux issues, OS, hardware, storage, networking, and performance.
• Explore GPU and AI infrastructure, and contribute to the tools that keep it reliable.
• Dig into infrastructure data and metrics to spot trends and improvement opportunities.
• Experiment with applying AI/LLMs to infrastructure troubleshooting and operations.
• Support incident investigations and root-cause analysis alongside senior engineers.
• Help write and improve documentation, runbooks, and internal knowledge bases.
• Collaborate with engineers across hardware, ops, platform, and supply chain teams on real projects.

Skills

Linux

Scripting

Python

Bash

Go

Hardware concepts

Networking

Troubleshooting

Education

Pursuing Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE/IT

Tools

Linux

Job description

ByteDance is offering a Server Fleet Operations internship in New York, focusing on managing the full lifecycle of servers powering self-built data centers across the US and Europe. You will work with hardware design, data center operations, supply chain, and automation engineering to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment.

You will perform deployment, monitoring, and maintenance across CPU/GPU fleets, write automation scripts, troubleshoot Linux systems, and explore AI-driven