Student Researcher (AI Foundation Model Infrastructure - Seed) - 2027 Start

ByteDance; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 35,817 - 59,236; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Housing allowance

10 paid holidays per year

Paid sick time

Job summary

ByteDance seeks a Seed Infrastructure Intern in Seattle to contribute to large-scale AI infrastructure, including training platforms and inference systems. You will work with researchers and engineers to optimize system modules and tooling across distributed components.

Qualifications include pursuing a CS/Math/Engineering degree and strong Python or C/C++ skills, with experience in systems programming or distributed computing from coursework or projects.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field.
• Strong programming skills and solid foundation in algorithms, data structures, and systems, proficient in Python or C/C++.
• Experience with systems programming, distributed systems, compilers, or performance optimization through coursework, research, or projects.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to infrastructure and systems for large-scale models.
• Support development of efficient and scalable components across training platforms, inference systems, compilers, and distributed systems.
• Implement and optimize system modules, tooling, or frameworks.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to support research and system development.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Algorithms & DS

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelors/Masters in CS/Math/Engineering

Tools

GCC/Clang

Linux

Job description

Responsibilities

The Seed Infrastructures team oversees the distributed training, reinforcement learning framework, high-performance inference, and heterogeneous hardware compilation technologies for AI foundation models.

• Contribute to infrastructure and systems for large-scale models.
• Support development of efficient and scalable components across areas such as training platforms, inference systems, compilers, and distributed systems.
• Implement and optimize system modules, tooling, or frameworks.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to support research and system development.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field.
• Strong programming skills and solid foundation in algorithms, data structures, and systems, proficient in Python or C/C++.
• Experience with systems programming, distributed systems, compilers, or performance optimization through coursework, research, or projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale systems, parallel or distributed computing, or performance optimization. Familiarity with system design, debugging, and profiling tools.
• Strong problem-solving ability and ability to work collaboratively in a technical environment.

Job Information

For Pay Transparency

Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern: The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $42.75- $42.75.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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;
• Exercising sound judgment.

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.