Research Scientist in AI Foundation Model Infrastructure - Seed - Graduates - 2027 Start (BS/MS)

Summary

ByteDance is dedicated to pioneering advanced AI foundation models and is seeking a Research Scientist to join their Seed Infrastructures team. The role involves designing and building scalable infrastructure for large-scale model training, evaluation, and inference, while optimizing distributed training systems and improving system reliability and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable infrastructure for large-scale model training, evaluation, and inference
• Optimize distributed training systems across compute, memory, and communication
• Improve system reliability, efficiency, and observability for large-scale workloads
• Develop frameworks for evaluation, data processing, and model lifecycle management
• Co-design systems and algorithms to improve performance of foundation models

Skills

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field, with an expected graduation date in 2027 and the ability to commit to an onboarding date by the end of 2027
• Excellent coding ability, data structures, and fundamental algorithm skills, proficient in C/C++ or Python, etc
• Demonstrated interest or project experience in relevant areas
• Experience in distributed systems, machine learning systems, or related areas through internships is preferred
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field, with an expected graduation date in 2027 and the ability to commit to an onboarding date by the end of 2027
• Excellent coding ability, data structures, and fundamental algorithm skills, proficient in C/C++ or Python, etc
• Demonstrated interest or project experience in relevant areas

Nice to Haves

• Experience in distributed systems, machine learning systems, or related areas through internships is preferred
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills

Benefits

• Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance
• A 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Paid parental leave
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing benefits
• 10 paid holidays per year
• 10 paid sick days per year
• 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)