Server Fleet Engineering Intern

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

Paid sick time

Housing allowance

Job summary

ByteDance's Server Fleet Operations internship offers hands-on experience with the full lifecycle of servers powering our data centers across the United States and Europe. As a Project Intern, you will contribute to short-term projects, gain practical skills, and explore career interests in a fast-paced environment.

You will deploy and monitor servers, write automation scripts, troubleshoot Linux systems, and collaborate with hardware, ops, and supply chain teams on real projects, applying

Qualifications

• Pursuing 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, 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 administration

Scripting

Python

Bash

Go

Education

CS/CE/EE/IT student

Job description

ByteDance's Server Fleet Operations internship offers hands-on experience with the full lifecycle of servers powering our data centers across the United States and Europe. As a Project Intern, you will contribute to short-term projects, gain practical skills, and explore career interests in a fast-paced environment.

You will deploy and monitor servers, write automation scripts, troubleshoot Linux systems, and collaborate with hardware, ops, and supply chain teams on real projects, applying