Research Intern; Infrastructure System Lab PHD

Research Intern (Infrastructure System Lab)- 2026 Start (PhD)

Location:

San Jose

Team:
Technology

Employment Type:

Intern

Job Code: A159231A

With the fast growth of Bytedance's business, Bytedance's system infrastructure is currently at a massive scale and requires versatile system solutions. Our lab collaborates with HQ teams on advanced R&D projects, focusing on LLM/AI + Infrastructure technologies, which includes both infrastructure for LLM/AI and LLM/AI for infrastructure. To name a few, we are building a new cloud-native vector index library. Our TextToSQL project ranks top on well known industry benchmarks.

We also work on advanced AIOps technologies that are used by our Volcano cloud products. Besides achieving great business impacts, we also encourage publishing on top tier conferences. In year 2025 alone, our lab published nearly 20 papers in top tier conferences, such as SIGMOD, VLDB, FSE, ICLR, Euro Sys, WWW etc. We hire students with great technical skills, willingness to learn and solve complex technical challenges and passion in making an impact on millions of users.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026. PhD Internships at Byte Dance aim to provide students with the opportunity to actively contribute to our products and research, and to the organization's future plans and emerging technologies. Internships at Byte Dance aim to provide students with hands‑on experience in developing fundamental skills and exploring potential career paths.

A vibrant blend of social events and enriching development workshops will be available for you to explore. Here, you will utilize your knowledge in real‑world scenarios while laying a strong foundation for personal and professional growth. PhD internships at Bytedance provide students with the opportunity to actively contribute to our products and research, and to the organization's future plans and emerging technologies.

Our dynamic internship experience blends hands‑on learning, enriching community‑building and development events, and collaboration with industry experts. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis – we encourage you to apply early. Please state your availability clearly in your resume (Start date, End date).

• Do research survey and come up with a new system and algorithm design.
• Develop prototyping systems.
• Be able to debug systems and measure system performance.
• Collaborate with mentors and other lab members.
• Write technical reports and publish papers.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Computer Science or related fields.
• Understand how distributed systems work.
• Great programming skill in one or more of the following languages: C/C++, Go, Java or Python.
• Be able to conduct advanced research under supervision.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong past research experience in infrastructure system areas.
• Research experience with LLM.

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $60- $60.

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.

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: