ByteDance
Posted 52 days ago
Brief overview
Seattle, WAIn-person
UndergradIn progress or completed
$88,920/hrMinimum salary stated
2,631 H-1B visa approvals on recordVerified U.S. Department of Labor sponsorship history
463 green card filings certifiedCompany has a verified history of sponsoring permanent residency
Programming in Python or C/C++
Algorithms and data structures
Systems programming
Distributed systems
Compilers
Performance optimization
Parallel computing
System design
Debugging
Profiling tools
Problem-solving
Collaboration in technical environments
ByteDancebytedance.com
ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services.
2,631H-1B approved
99%approval rate
463PERM certified
4years sponsoring
1,036 new H-1B hiresActively sponsoring new employees, not just renewals
Median sponsored wage: $204,340/yrBased on Labor Condition Application filings
H-1B dependent employerHigh ratio of H-1B workers on staff
Top sponsored rolesSoftware Engineer, Product Manager, Data Scientist, Backend Software Engineer, Research Scientist
Sponsored employees fromChina, India, Canada, Taiwan, Hong kong
Most recent filing: FY2026Latest fiscal year with government sponsorship activity
Summary
ByteDance is a pioneering company dedicated to advanced AI foundation models. The Student Researcher role focuses on contributing to infrastructure and systems for large-scale models, supporting the development of efficient components across training platforms, inference systems, and distributed systems.
Responsibilities
- 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
Skills
- 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
Qualifications
Must Haves
- 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
Nice to Haves
- 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
Benefits
- Interns have day one access to health insurance
- Life insurance
- Wellbeing benefits and more.
- Interns also receive 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).
- Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.