Tencent
Palo Alto, CA
Site Reliability Engineer - SRE Intern — AI Infrastructure
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- Location
- Palo Alto, CA
- Work type
- Onsite
- Posted
- 2 weeks ago
- Apply on
- tencent.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
About this role
## Role Summary
We are seeking a motivated Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Intern to join our AI Compute team, supporting the daily operations of AI infrastructure. In this role, you will work closely with internal business teams and external engineering partners to build and operate AI infrastructure. This is a hands-on opportunity to gain knowledge and experience in cutting-edge AI infrastructure.
## Key Responsibilities
- Support the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of high-performance AI infrastructure servers, storage servers, networking equipment, and software components in secure environments.
- Assist with hardware diagnostics, system functionality checks, and firmware updates as required.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to help deliver tailored customer environments, including bare-metal systems, Kubernetes, and Slurm.
- Provide first-line engineering support for onsite operational issues, including troubleshooting hardware, network, and software problems, and firmware compliance.
- Document incident details, resolutions, and lessons learned to improve future problem-solving.
- Maintain clear, accurate, and up-to-date documentation to support knowledge sharing across the team.
- Participate in team meetings and knowledge-sharing sessions to foster collaboration and continuous learning.
## Qualifications & Requirements
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
- Basic understanding of server hardware, firmware lifecycle, and Linux environments, with an awareness of physical and system-level security standards.
- Exposure to scripting languages such as Bash or Python.
- Familiarity with, or strong interest in, configuration management, CI/CD tools, workload managers, cluster software such as Slurm and Kubernetes, and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Professional fluency in English and Mandarin is highly preferred.
## Preferred Qualifications
- Coursework, projects, or hands-on experience related to AI Infrastructure, distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure.
- Familiarity with networking fundamentals and Linux system administration.
- Genuine interest in AI/ML infrastructure.
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