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Research Intern (RDMA/High Speed Network) - 2026 Start (PhD)

ByteDance · San Jose, CA · 2 wk ago
Information Technology$60/hrInternship

Responsibilities

  • Design, optimization, implementation and deployment of high-performance transport protocols to support AI/LLM applications.
  • Design, optimization, implementation and deployment of congestion control algorithms to support AI/LLM applications.
  • Research and development of high-performance AI communication framework, network protocol stacks, and co-design optimization of host-network-application to improve the scalability, reliability and performance of AI/LLM networks.
  • Follow the latest technologies from academia and industry, identify the innovative parts of the system and present in academic papers.

Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a PhD in computer networking or a related technical discipline.
  • Experience with at least one of the following areas:
    • Familiar with network protocols like TCP and RoCEv2, have experience in network programming based on Socket and verbs APIs;
    • Familiar with Data Center congestion control algorithms, understand their pros and cons;
    • Familiar with the latest advances in the area of high-speed network systems, including RDMA, congestion control, AI network optimization and so on;
    • Proficiency in one or several mainstream programming languages, including C/C++, Python, Go and so on;
    • Have some knowledge of GPU architecture;
    • Experience in developing high performance communication frameworks (including NCCL, MPI and RPC libraries) is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Familiar with AI training/inference systems and software-hardware co-design.
  • Having top tier networking conference publications such as NSDI,SIGCOMM,OSDI,SOSP etc.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $60- $60. 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.

[For Pay Transparency] Job Information - Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates: 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; and Exercising sound judgment.

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