ByteDance
Research Scientist - ByteBrain - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Completing or recently completed a PhD degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
About the job
Develop AI, machine learning, and optimization methods for large-scale AI infrastructure, deploy them in production, and conduct and publish research.
What you'll do
- Design and develop algorithms to improve infrastructure and AI supply-chain efficiency, reliability, and performance.
- Deploy, scale, and continuously improve algorithms in production; identify infrastructure challenges and develop research and engineering solutions.
- Conduct research and publish papers in top-tier conferences and journals.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Multiple publications in top-tier conferences or journals related to AI, machine learning, operations research, systems, or related fields.
- Deep expertise in AI, machine learning, and/or operations research, with hands-on large-scale data analysis and algorithm development experience.
- Strong coding, implementation, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills; ability to connect research with production systems.
Nice to have
- Industry experience applying AI and optimization to infrastructure challenges, such as data-center supply chains, AI Ops, resource scheduling, system tuning, or infrastructure automation.
Tools
LLMs, DPU, GPU, CPU, MEM, time-series databases
AI focus
AI for infrastructure, including AI agents and LLMs combined with optimization algorithms for infrastructure operations, scheduling, storage, observability, and resource utilization.
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