[Remote] Cloud Acceleration Engineer Intern (DPU & AI Infra)- 2026 Start(PHD)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ByteDance is a company focused on inspiring creativity and enriching life through innovative products. They are seeking a Cloud Acceleration Engineer Intern to contribute to the development of DPU network software and collaborate with hardware teams on software-hardware co-design solutions for networking and storage acceleration.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop DPU network software with a focus on high performance, low latency, and reliability
• Collaborate with hardware teams to build software-hardware co-design solutions for networking and storage acceleration
• Explore AI/ML infrastructure acceleration, leveraging DPUs, GPUs, and custom hardware to optimize distributed training and inference
• Drive end-to-end performance optimization, from OS kernels and drivers to user-space runtime systems
• Contribute to architecture design, technical proposals, and long-term research directions

Skills

• Ph.D. in related fields with research training and publications
• Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2026
• Proficiency in C/C++ development and debugging
• Strong Linux systems development experience
• Solid understanding of compute, network architecture, and operating systems
• Background in at least one of: software-hardware co-design, distributed systems, high-performance networking, or AI/ML systems
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
• Intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship
• Demonstrated software engineering experience from previous internship, work experience, coding competitions, or publications
• High levels of creativity and quick problem-solving capabilities
• Proven experience designing and building AI/ML infrastructure related but not limited to inference kv cache system, data preprocessing system

Benefits

• Interns have day one access to health insurance
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing benefits and more
• Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year
• 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.

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