[Remote] Research Intern (AI-Native Databases) - 2026 Summer (PhD)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ByteDance is a technology company that inspires creativity and enriches life through its innovative products. They are seeking a Research Intern to contribute to the development of next-generation AI-native database systems, focusing on building infrastructure that supports intelligent systems across various applications.
Responsibilities
- Develop kernel modules or features for AI-native database systems
- Solve unique, large-scale, highly complex cloud infrastructure problems
- Partner with PMs and engineers from different teams on building backend support for AI-native database service products
- Participate in technical discussions related to team's product and engineering work
Skills
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other related fields
- Knowledge of database kernel, distributed system, query processing and optimization, multi-threaded programming
- Experience coding in C/C++, Golang, Java, Python
- Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
- Demonstrated software engineering experience from previous internship, work experience, coding competitions, or publications
- Curiosity towards new technologies and entrepreneurship
- High levels of creativity and quick problem-solving capabilities
- Experience with open-source systems such as Faiss, Milvus, DuckDB, ClickHouse, TiKV, RocksDB
- Publications at top-tier conferences (e.g., SIGMOD, VLDB, NeurIPS, MLSys, ICDE)
- Familiarity with GCP, AWS, or Azure's database and AI integration strategies
- Prior contributions to RAG, memory-augmented models, or self-tuning database components
Benefits
- Day one access to health insurance
- Life insurance
- Wellbeing benefits
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year)
- Housing allowance
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