Agent Evaluation & Evolution Machine Learning Engineer Intern (AML-Ark-US) - 2027 Summer
ByteDanceResponsibilities
- Design evaluation systems for LLM-based agents covering task success, tool use, reasoning quality, and reliability.
- Build benchmarks and automated judging pipelines combining rule-based checks, model-based judging, and human review.
- Analyze agent execution traces and user feedback to identify failure patterns and convert them into system improvements.
- Work with research, platform, and product teams to bring evaluation methods into production and support closed-loop capability improvement.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, or a related field.
- Solid foundation in machine learning and deep learning.
- Hands-on experience with LLM-based systems such as agents, tool calling, retrieval, or multi-agent systems through research, internships, or projects.
- Strong Python skills and experience with a mainstream machine learning or agent evaluation framework.
- Demonstrated research or engineering ability through publications, substantial projects, internships, or open-source work.
- Preferred: publications at top-tier machine learning or natural language processing venues, including NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or ACL.
- Preferred: experience with metric design, model-based judging, annotation, statistical analysis, LLM post-training, reasoning and planning methods, continual learning, feedback-driven optimization loops, or large-scale log and trace analysis.
Benefits
- Internship provides hands-on experience, industry exposure, real-world project experience, professional development, social events, learning programs, and development workshops.
- 2027 summer internship; applicants should state their availability and start and end dates in their resume.
- Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and candidates may apply to a maximum of two positions across the company and its affiliates globally.
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About ByteDance
ByteDance is a global incubator of platforms at the cutting edge of commerce, content, entertainment and enterprise services - over 2.5bn people interact with ByteDance products including TikTok. Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. We are committed to building a safe, healthy and positive online environment for all our users. We have over 110,000 employees based in more than 30 countries globally. Join us.