Student Researcher Seed Model - AI Foundation Model Infrastructure

About the team

The Seed Infrastructures team oversees the distributed training, reinforcement learning framework, high-performance inference, and heterogeneous hardware compilation technologies for AI foundation models.

• Contribute to infrastructure and systems for large-scale models.
• Support development of efficient and scalable components across areas such as training platforms, inference systems, compilers, and distributed systems.
• Implement and optimize system modules, tooling, or frameworks.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to support research and system development.

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field.
• Strong programming skills and solid foundation in algorithms, data structures, and systems, proficient in Python or C/C++.
• Experience with systems programming, distributed systems, compilers, or performance optimization through coursework, research, or projects.

• Experience with large-scale systems, parallel or distributed computing, or performance optimization. Familiarity with system design, debugging, and profiling tools.
• Strong problem-solving ability and ability to work collaboratively in a technical environment.

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $52.25- $52.25.

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.

• 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.

Established in 2023, the Byte Dance Seed team is dedicated to pioneering new paths toward artificial general intelligence. We aspire to advance the frontier of intelligence to drive progress for both technology and society.

With a long-term vision for the AI sector, the Seed team's research spans MLLM, Gen Media, AI for Science, and Robotics. We maintain a global presence with laboratories and career opportunities across China, Singapore, and the United States. To date, we have launched industry-leading general foundation models and cutting-edge multimodal capabilities. Our technology powers over 50 application scenarios - including Doubao, Jimeng, TRAE, Dola and Dreamnia - and serves enterprise customers through Volcano Engine and Byte Plus.

Third-party data shows that the Doubao App ranks first in user volume in the Chinese market, while Doubao foundation models lead the industry in average daily token consumption.

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