ByteDance
Software Development Engineer-AI/LLM Network-Global Frontier Tech Research Program-2027 Start (PhD)
Seattle, Washington · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Research and develop high-performance network infrastructure, monitoring, and diagnostics to support large-scale AI and LLM workloads.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and deploy high-speed networking technologies for AI/LLM applications.
- Develop platforms and systems to monitor, analyze, and diagnose large-scale AI/LLM networks.
- Research communication frameworks, protocol stacks, and host-network-application co-design to improve network performance, scalability, and reliability.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Nice to have
- Proficiency in computer networking and network programming, and one or more mainstream programming languages.
- Familiarity with high-speed networking advances such as RDMA, congestion control, and AI network optimization; experience with communication frameworks or AI network diagnosis and performance optimization is a plus.
Tools
RDMA, C/C++, Python, Go, NCCL, MPI, RPC
AI focus
Build AI-native networking infrastructure and develop high-performance communication, monitoring, fault localization, and diagnosis for large-scale AI/LLM clusters.
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