Student Researcher (AI Foundation Models Infrastructure - Seed Infra) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Responsibilities About the team: The Seed Infrastructures team oversees the distributed training, reinforcement learning framework, high-performance inference, and heterogeneous hardware compilation technologies for AI foundation models. As a project intern, you will have the opportunity to engage in impactful short-term projects that provide you with a glimpse of professional real-world experience. You will gain practical skills through on-the-job learning in a fast-paced work environment and develop a deeper understanding of your career interests. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis; we encourage you to apply early. As an Infrastructure Intern, you may work on one or more of the following areas: Assist in building and optimizing large-scale distributed training systems (e.g., data/model parallelism, memory efficiency, reliability) Support the development and improvement of reinforcement learning training pipelines and post-training systems Improve inference performance, including latency, throughput, and system stability Contribute to compiler or runtime optimizations for GPU and other accelerators Conduct performance analysis, profiling, benchmarking, and bottleneck identification Develop internal tools and automation to improve infrastructure efficiency and developer productivity Collaborate with researchers and engineers to translate model requirements into scalable system solutions Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical fields Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python or C++ Familiarity with machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch or similar tools Strong analytical and problem solving skills Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-pace technical environment Interest in pursuing long-term work in ML systems or AI infrastructure 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. Legal Considerations for Los Angeles County 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 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 at #J-18808-Ljbffr ByteDance