ByteDance
Research Scientist Graduate (Seed Model - LLM) - 2027 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
About the job
Researches and develops large language models, optimizing training systems, model capabilities, and future applications.
What you'll do
- Explore large-scale models and optimize systems.
- Build data, conduct instruction tuning and preference alignment, and optimize models.
- Improve model capabilities such as reasoning, code, and math, and research future use cases.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in a listed or related discipline.
- Excellent coding, data structures, and algorithm skills; proficiency in C/C++ or Python, etc.
- Experience with large-scale model training, deep learning, and machine learning algorithms.
- Strong problem analysis and solving skills for large-scale model training and applications.
Nice to have
- Led influential large-scale model projects or papers.
- Good communication and collaboration skills.
Tools
C/C++, Python
AI focus
Advances LLM pretraining, posttraining, inference, memory, learning, interpretability, instruction tuning, preference alignment, and model capabilities including reasoning, code, and math.
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