ByteDance
Research Scientist Graduate (Seed Model - Speech) - 2027 Start
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Completing or recently completed a BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
About the job
Develop and improve speech foundation models and interactive speech systems for understanding and generation.
What you'll do
- Develop and scale speech foundation models for understanding and generation.
- Design training pipelines for data construction, instruction tuning, and model alignment.
- Improve model capabilities, architectures, training efficiency, and system performance; explore interactive speech interfaces.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
- Strong coding, data structures, and fundamental algorithm skills; proficiency in C/C++ or Python.
- Demonstrated interest or project experience in relevant areas.
Nice to have
- Completing or recently completed an MS in a listed or related discipline.
- Internship experience in speech processing, audio modeling, or related areas.
Tools
C/C++, Python
AI focus
Research and development of multimodal speech technologies, including speech foundation models for understanding and generation, speech recognition, synthesis, reasoning, robustness, and interactive interfaces.
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