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ByteDance

Builds content apps, business software and AI

Production System Engineer Intern

Site Reliability EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Internship · Fall 2026San Jose, CA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • Basic Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
  • Some scripting or programming experience with Python, Bash, Go, or a similar language.
  • Basic understanding of hardware, operating-system concepts, networking, or distributed systems.
  • Some exposure to server hardware, firmware such as BIOS or UEFI, or system architecture.

Responsibilities

  • Perform server deployment, monitoring, and maintenance across central processing unit and graphics processing unit fleets.
  • Write scripts and small tools using Python, Bash, or similar languages to automate repetitive operational tasks.
  • Troubleshoot Linux operating-system, hardware, storage, networking, and performance issues.
  • Explore graphics processing unit and artificial intelligence infrastructure and contribute to reliability tools.
  • Analyze infrastructure data and metrics to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
  • Experiment with applying artificial intelligence and large language models to infrastructure troubleshooting and operations.
  • Support incident investigations and root-cause analysis alongside senior engineers.
  • Write and improve documentation, runbooks, and internal knowledge bases.
  • Collaborate with engineers across hardware, operations, platform, and supply chain teams on projects.

Desired Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience from projects, labs, internships, open-source work, or competitions, whether academic or personal.
  • Curiosity about artificial intelligence agents, large language models, or artificial-intelligence-powered automation.
  • Experience demonstrating problem-solving and comfort working in unfamiliar technical areas.
  • Good communication skills and ability to work as part of a team.

About the Company

ByteDance

Builds content apps, business software and AI

ByteDance builds content and creation apps for consumers, alongside collaboration software and AI services for businesses. Its video platforms connect viewers with creators, while CapCut gives people tools to edit and publish videos. The group also develops Lark for workplace communication and shared documents, and its Seed research teams build language, image, video, and speech models used in consumer apps and sold through BytePlus cloud services. It earns money from advertising, commerce services, paid software subscriptions, and usage of its enterprise technology. ByteDance was founded in 2012 and has its operational headquarters in Beijing, China.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Private
Total funding
$35.1B
Headquarters
Haidian, China
Founded
2012

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