Research Intern; AI/LLM Network PhD Job Seattle area,Washington USA,Software Development

Research Intern (AI/LLM Network) - 2026 Start (PhD) Location

Seattle

Team

Technology

Employment Type

Intern

Responsibilities

Design, implementation and deployment of high-speed network technologies to support AI/LLM applications.
Design and development of platforms/systems for monitoring, analysis and diagnosis of large-scale AI/LLM network.
Research and development of high-performance AI communication framework, network protocol stacks, and code‑design optimization of host‑network‑application to improve scalability, reliability and performance of AI/LLM network.
Follow the latest technologies from academia and industry, identify innovative parts of the system and present in academic papers.

Minimum Qualifications

Currently pursuing a PhD in computer networking or a related technical discipline.
Experience with at least one of the following areas:
- Proficiency in computer network and network programming.
- Proficiency in one or several mainstream programming languages, including C/C++, Python, Go and so on.
- Be familiar with the latest advances in the area of high-speed network systems, including RDMA, congestion control, AI network optimization and so on.
- Experience in developing high-performance communication frameworks (including NCCL, MPI and RPC libraries) is a plus.
- Experience in developing software systems for AI network diagnosis and performance optimization.

Preferred Qualifications

Be 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

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $57- $57.

Benefits

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.

Legal and EEO Statements

For 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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Research Intern; AI​/LLM Network PhD

Research Intern; AI/LLM Network PhD