Research Intern (AI Infra Compute) - 2027 Start (PhD)

About the team: The Compute division focuses on building large-scale and highly available cloud infrastructure, which supports both public cloud products (like VolcEngine ECS service) and internal products. The Compute-US team specializes in the development and research of the compute infrastructure platform. This internship offers the opportunity to actively contribute to our products and research, shaping the organization's future plans and emerging technologies. The dynamic experience blends hands-on learning, community-building, professional development, and collaboration with industry experts.

Responsibilities

• Explore and develop key technologies for our AI Infra stack, including AI training and inference platforms, AI Agent infrastructure, etc.
• Build prototypes to verify the functionality and performance of key components or innovations.
• Showcase research findings and products through academic publications.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience in at least one of the following areas: LLM training/inference, Physical AI Infra (training, inference, simulation, RL, synthetic data, etc).
• Ability to work independently and complete projects from beginning to end in a timely manner.
• Good communication and teamwork skills to clearly communicate technical concepts with teammates.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Code contributions to open source communities like PyTorch, vLLM, or SGLang.
• Publications in relevant computer science conferences such as OSDI or MLSYS.

Pay

The hourly rate for this position is $57.

Benefits

• Day one access to health insurance, life insurance, and wellbeing benefits.
• 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in the first half of the year, 40 if hired in the second half).
• Eligibility for housing allowance (for interns not working 100% remote).