Job Description

About the team
The Microservice Framework team focuses on in-depth research on programming languages, RPC frameworks, and high-performance middleware. We provide the company with research and development frameworks, high-performance middleware, service mesh, and unified Governance platforms. Among them, the Golang framework (Kitex) has been applied to tens of thousands of services carrying over billions of QPS in total and is at the forefront of the industry in terms of performance and scalability. Service Mesh and our traffic management platforms cover most of the company's businesses. You will have the chance to participate in cutting-edge research and development, working with our team to build the next generation of service communication frameworks.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026. Internships at ByteDance aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Watch your ambitions become reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at ByteDance.

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.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to at least 3 months long internship period.

What You Will Be Doing:
1. Develop, optimize, and maintain the RPC framework, improving performance, stability, and scalability issues.
2. Optimize the performance of microservices for business services, providing high-performance foundational components.
3. Build a new microservices architecture to solve existing problems in microservices.