ByteDance

Responsibilities

The mission of our Applied Machine Learning (AML) team is to push next-generation machine learning algorithms and platforms for the recommendation system, ads ranking, and search ranking in our company. We also drive substantial impact for core businesses of the company. Currently, we are looking forto join our team to support and advance that mission.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2025. Internships at Bytedance aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Turn your ambitions into reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at ByteDance.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early. Candidates can apply to a maximum of TWO positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to ByteDance (select one) and its affiliates' jobs globally.

Internships at ByteDance aim to provide students with hands-on experience in developing fundamental skills and exploring potential career paths. A vibrant blend of social events and enriching development workshops will be available for you to explore. Here, you will utilize your knowledge in real-world scenarios while laying a strong foundation for personal and professional growth. It runs for 12-24 weeks and begins in May/June 2025 or August/September 2025. Successful candidates must be able to commit to one of the following start dates below:

(Select below options for Summer)

• Monday, May 12
• Monday, May 19
• Tuesday May 27 (Memorial Day May 27)
• Monday, June 9
• Monday, June 23

(Select below options for Fall)

• Monday, August 11
• Monday, August 25
• Monday, September 8
• Monday, September 22

Please state your availability clearly in your resume (Start date, End date).

Responsibilities:

• Build new features that touch hundreds of millions of people around the world;
• Solve unique, large-scale, highly complex technical problems;
• Build the next-generation monetization platform to help millions of customers grow their businesses;
• Work with your mentor to deliver product features and make engineering improvements;
• Build world-class web applications that combine usability, accessibility, elegance, performance, and maintainability.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline;
• Proficient in C/C++/Python/Golang, and have solid programming skills (e.g. algorithms and data structures);
• Familiar with deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow/PyTorch);
• Ability to work independently and complete projects from beginning to end and in a timely manner;
• Good communication and teamwork skills to clearly communicate technical concepts with other teammates.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience contributing to an open sourced machine learning framework (TensorFlow/PyTorch), experience on improving core machine learning infrastructure.
• Experience in big data frameworks (e.g., K8s/Spark/Hadoop/Flink), experience in resource management and task scheduling for large scale distributed systems, experience in building solutions with AWS, GCP, Azures, OCI, AliCloud or other cloud services. [Scheduling]
• Strong background in one of the following fields: Hardware-Software Co-Design, High-Performance Computing, ML Hardware Acceleration (e.g., GPU/TPU/RDMA) or ML for Systems.
• Experience in developing and deploying large-scale systems(e.g. Monitoring, Analyzing, Troubleshooting, and Notification systems), strong understanding of code optimizing, routine task automation and failure self-healing, familiar with IaC technologies like Terraform/Ansible. [EffeciencyTool]