Summary
ByteDance is dedicated to pioneering new paths toward artificial general intelligence, and they are seeking a Research Scientist in Vision Foundation Model. The role involves developing and scaling vision foundation models, optimizing model architectures, and exploring real-world applications of vision models in multimodal systems.
Responsibilities
- Develop and scale vision foundation models across image and video modalities
- Design data pipelines, pre-training strategies, and post-training methods for vision tasks
- Improve core capabilities such as perception, reasoning, and multimodal understanding
- Optimize model architectures, training efficiency, and evaluation frameworks
- Explore real-world applications of vision models in multimodal systems
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 with computer vision, multimodal learning, or machine learning through internships is preferred
- Strong problem-solving and communication 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 with computer vision, multimodal learning, or machine learning through internships is preferred
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
Benefits
- 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)