AI and Systems Software Intern, At Scale AI - Fall

What you’ll be doing:

• Investigate and triage failures within large-scale compute clusters, performing deep‑dive analysis to distinguish between software glitches, configuration errors, and hardware faults.
• Analyze logs and telemetry to correlate specific job failures to system‑level issues and diagnostic test failures, helping to reduce noise and identify root causes.
• Assist with the tracking, calculation, and reporting on key reliability metrics, specifically Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and Mean Time Between Interruptions (MTBI), to drive infrastructure improvements.
• Assist in analyzing large‑scale workload issues, searching for application and infrastructure improvement opportunities to ensure jobs run as fast and reliably as possible.
• Work closely with a mentor to learn about hardware validation suite architecture, document debugging methodologies, and help the team make intelligent, data‑backed engineering decisions.

• Pursuing a BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Proficiency in Python and Bash/Shell scripting for automation and tool development.
• Proven debugging skills with an ability to isolate issues in complex, distributed systems.
• Exposure to high‑performance computing (HPC) environments, cluster managers (e.g., Slurm, Kubernetes), or large‑scale distributed systems.

• Familiarity with server architecture (PCIe, NVLink, CPU/GPU interactions) and hardware diagnostics.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Familiarity with system profiling and debugging tools (e.g., strace, gdb, perf).
• Experience running and analyzing standard industry benchmarks on Linux systems.
• Desire to learn and be part of a committed and hardworking team with excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• Ability to multitask effectively in a dynamic, high‑performance environment.

Internship hourly rates are a standard pay based on the position, your location, year in school, degree, and experience. The hourly rate for our interns is 20 USD - 71 USD.

You will also be eligible for Intern benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until May 31, 2026.

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