Infrastructure Engineer Intern (Compute Infrastructure - Cloud-Native )- 2026 Summer (MS/BS)

ByteDance • Seattle, WA

88d

About The Position

The Compute Infrastructure team uses Kubernetes and Serverless technologies to build a large, reliable, and efficient compute infrastructure. This infrastructure powers hundreds of large-scale clusters globally, with over millions of online containers and offline jobs daily, including AI and LLM workloads. The team is dedicated to building cutting-edge, industry-leading infrastructure that empowers AI innovation, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability to support the most demanding AI/LLM workloads. The team is also dedicated to open-sourcing key infrastructure technologies, including projects in the K8s portfolio such as kubewharf (KubeBrain, Katalyst, Godel, etc). We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026. Internships at ByteDance aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Watch your ambitions become reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at ByteDance. 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 weeks.

Responsibilities

• Work on innovation projects supporting diverse Cloud-Native applications, including containers, VMs, Microservices, big data, and AI/LLM.
• Develop an ultra-large-scale Kubernetes cluster management platform.
• Contribute to the Next-Gen AI-Native Godel K8s scheduler with AI intelligence built-in.
• Implement intelligent node-level management & scheduling system for heterogeneous resources (CPU/GPU, Memory bandwidth, Network bandwidth, Power, etc).
• Optimize performance for container runtimes and container image distribution.
• Ensure K8s Control/data plane stability & reliability with automatic & intelligent observability tools.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees