ByteDance
Software Engineer Intern (Distributed NoSQL Database Systems) - 2027 Summer
Seattle, Washington · Internship · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing an undergraduate or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
About the job
Develop kernel features and backend infrastructure for AI-native database systems supporting large-scale cloud workloads.
What you'll do
- Develop kernel modules or features for AI-native database systems.
- Solve complex, large-scale cloud infrastructure problems.
- Collaborate with product managers and engineers on backend support for AI-native database services.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing an undergraduate or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Knowledge of database kernels, distributed systems, query processing and optimization, and multithreaded programming.
- Coding experience in C/C++, Golang, Java, or Python.
Nice to have
- Software engineering experience through internships, work, coding competitions, or publications.
- Experience with open-source database systems, cloud database and AI integration, or contributions to RAG, memory-augmented models, or self-tuning database components.
Tools
C/C++, Golang, Java, Python, Faiss, Milvus, DuckDB, ClickHouse
AI focus
Build AI-native database systems and backend services; the posting describes databases as reasoning engines, retrieval platforms, and real-time memory for AI agents.
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