Research Scientist Intern (Traffic Infrastructure Global Engineering)

1 Month ago • Upto 1 Years • Network Engineering

Job Summary

Job Description

The Traffic Infrastructure Global Engineering (TIGE) team at ByteDance seeks a PhD Research Scientist Intern for Summer/Fall 2025. The intern will research and develop advanced algorithms and systems to enhance TIGE's performance, efficiency, and feature capabilities. This involves working with CDN, edge cloud infrastructure, traffic platforms, and AI technologies, proposing and developing practical solutions to improve cost efficiency, traffic optimization, and resource utilization. The intern will collaborate with a team, leading the project lifecycle from research to validation, focusing on areas like virtualization performance, availability, stability, and resource efficiency. The ideal candidate possesses strong problem-solving skills, programming proficiency (Golang, Python, Java, C/C++), and a background in networking or distributed systems.
Must have:
  • PhD in CS/EE or related field
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Programming experience (Golang, Python, Java, C/C++)
  • Algorithm and software development knowledge
  • Excellent communication and collaboration
Good to have:
  • Networking, load balancing experience
  • Knowledge of performance metrics and real-time systems
  • System virtualization experience
  • Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies
  • AI platform/infrastructure experience
Perks:
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Wellbeing benefits
  • 10 paid holidays
  • Paid sick time

Job Details

Responsibilities
The TIGE (Traffic Infrastructure Global Engineering) team serves as the world's premier edge cloud computing and CDN service, offering enterprise users with Content Delivery Network, Edge AI, Edge Security, Edge Computing services, and Traffic Platform services. Our team is responsible for developing and managing edge cloud, CDN and traffic technologies to support billion users and ensure performance, compliance, security and cost efficiency. In line with our commitment to excellence, 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.​ We will prioritize candidates who are able to commit to these start dates. Please state your availability clearly in your resume (Start date, End date).​ 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 and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis . We encourage you to apply early. Responsibilities 1. As a PhD intern, you will focus on researching and developing advanced algorithm or system to enhance TIGE's system in performance, efficiency, resource allocation, and feature capability. 2. You will be working with one of our expanding domains like CDN, edge cloud infrastructure, traffic platform and AI technologies with edge computing. 3. With an in-depth understanding of one of those domains, you are responsible for proposing and developing an advanced, while practical solution to enhance our focused metrics like cost efficiency, traffic optimization, virtualization performance, as well as other more comprehensive metrics, like availability or stability, and resource efficiency. 4. You are expected to collaborate with a team and lead the full lifecycle of project development, including industry cutting-edge technology trend investigation, solution design, implementation, and validation.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualification: - Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields. - Strong independent thinking, problem solving capability. - Experience with programming languages like Golang, Python, Java, C/C++, or similar. - Knowledge of algorithms and software development. - Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Preferred Qualification: - Background in networking, load balancing, distributed systems or large scale dynamic systems. - Knowledge of performance metrics, data/cost modeling and real-time systems. - System virtualization in VM, container, or networking. - Experience with kubernetes and cloud-native technologies. - AI platform, AI workload engine, or AI specific infrastructure.
Job Information
About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

Reasonable Accommodation

ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at

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

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $57- $72.

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).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

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:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

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