AI Agent Project Intern (BytePlus) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Responsibilities

Join the Innovative BytePlus Team
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to join the world's fastest growing startup as well as the biggest unicorn by valuation. With ByteDance's vision to build global platforms of creation and interaction, BytePlus is devoted to developing innovative technologies and products for businesses to fuel their next wave of growth. It is the best time to join us and pave into the new era together!

As a project intern, you will have the opportunity to engage in impactful short-term projects that provide you with a glimpse of professional real-world experience. You will gain practical skills through on-the-job learning in a fast-paced work environment and develop a deeper understanding of your career interests.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.
Successful candidates must be able to commit to at least 3 months long internship period.

Responsibilities:
- Work with the Solution Architect team internally and externally (facing clients) on the following activities focused on building and optimizing AI agents:
- Hands-on building agents: for use cases in coding & devops, content creation (image & video), AI search, tool use agents, etc. Approaches include using both low-code (tools like Dify, Coze, n8n) and high-code (cursor, trae, etc)
- Context engineering & evaluation: Build evaluation test cases, collect bad cases during internal and external agent evaluations, attempt prompt engineering and SFT/CT/RL
- Summarize replicable use cases into presentable demo templates, and conduct workshops internally and externally to make strong technical influence

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Currently pursuing a Degree or Masters in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
- Practical experience in Agentic techniques such as AIGC trends, Computing Use, and Terminal Use
- Have projects (internship or campus) building and optimizing AI agents in one of the fields - coding & devops, content creation (comfy UI or similar), AI search & deep research, ReAct tool use agents, etc
- Strong communication skills