AI Infrastructure Engineer Intern (Compute Efficiency & Scheduling) - 2027 Start (PhD)

ByteDance is a technology company founded in 2012, known for its innovative products like TikTok. They are seeking an AI Infrastructure Engineer Intern to contribute to the efficiency and reliability of their computing infrastructure, focusing on optimizing workload management and leveraging AI technologies.

What you'll do:

• Help make our intelligent, AI-driven scheduler smarter at placing and balancing workloads
• Explore new ways to get more useful work out of the same hardware — smarter use of compute, memory, or power
• Build tools that help a global platform run reliably and increasingly manage itself, including AI-agent-assisted automation

What they're looking for:

• Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science or a related discipline
• Able to commit to a 12-week internship during Summer 2027
• Experience coding in Go, C++, Python, Java, or C#
• Intent to return to your degree program after the internship
• Strong fundamentals in systems, distributed computing, or software engineering — shown through internships, work, research, competitions, or projects
• Curiosity about large-scale or AI/ML infrastructure; exposure to Linux, containers, or Kubernetes is a plus but not required
• High creativity and quick problem-solving

Benefits:

• Day one access to health insurance
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing benefits
• 10 paid holidays per year
• 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