ByteDance
Research Intern (AI/LLM Network) - 2026 Start (PhD)
Seattle, Washington · Internship · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a PhD in computer networking or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Researches, designs, implements, and deploys high-speed networking systems and communication technologies for AI/LLM applications.
What you'll do
- Design and deploy high-speed network technologies and systems for monitoring, analysis, and diagnosis of large-scale AI/LLM networks.
- Research and develop high-performance communication frameworks, network protocol stacks, and host-network-application co-design optimizations.
- Track emerging technologies and present innovative system research in academic papers.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a PhD in computer networking or a related technical discipline.
- Experience in at least one listed area: computer networking and network programming; programming in a mainstream language; or high-speed network systems.
- Familiarity with advances in high-speed network systems, such as RDMA, congestion control, or AI network optimization.
- Experience developing software systems for AI network diagnosis and performance optimization.
Nice to have
- Experience developing high-performance communication frameworks, including NCCL, MPI, or RPC libraries.
- Familiarity with AI training/inference systems and software-hardware co-design, or top-tier networking conference publications.
Tools
C/C++, Python, Go, RDMA, NCCL, MPI, RPC
AI focus
Develops high-speed networking, communication frameworks, and diagnostic and optimization systems for AI/LLM applications.
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative