Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ByteDance is a rapidly growing tech company known for its innovative products like TikTok and CapCut. They are seeking talented individuals for a 2026 summer internship focused on developing cloud-native systems for AI workloads, providing hands-on experience and opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Responsibilities
- Design and build large-scale, container-based cluster management and orchestration systems with extreme performance, scalability, and resilience
- Architect next-generation cloud-native GPU and AI accelerator infrastructure to deliver cost-efficient and secure ML platforms
- Collaborate across teams to deliver world-class inference solutions using vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM, and other LLM engines
- Stay current with the latest advances in open source (Kubernetes, Ray, etc.), AI/ML and LLM infrastructure, and systems research; integrate best practices into production systems
- Write high-quality, production-ready code that is maintainable, testable, and scalable
Skills
- B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields with 2+ years of relevant experience
- Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2026
- Strong understanding of large model inference, distributed and parallel systems, and/or high-performance networking systems
- Hands-on experience building cloud or ML infrastructure in areas such as resource management, scheduling, request routing, monitoring, or orchestration
- Solid knowledge of container and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Proficiency in at least one major programming language (Go, Rust, Python, or C++)
- Experience contributing to or operating large-scale cluster management systems (e.g., Kubernetes, Ray)
- Experience with workload scheduling, GPU orchestration, scaling, and isolation in production environments
- Hands-on experience with GPU programming (CUDA) or inference engines (vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM)
- Familiarity with public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their ML platforms (SageMaker, Azure ML, Vertex AI)
- Strong knowledge of ML systems (Ray, DeepSpeed, PyTorch) and distributed training/inference platforms
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across global, cross-functional teams
- Passion for system efficiency, performance optimization, and open-source innovation
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)
- Housing allowance
Company Overview
ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in Beijing, Beijing, CHN, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://bytedance.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
ByteDance has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1350 in 2025, 1123 in 2024, 775 in 2023, 487 in 2022, 417 in 2021, 245 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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