ByteDance
Research Scientist Graduate (Seed Model - Vision - Generative AI) - 2026 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- PhD in a listed or related discipline; the posting does not state an equivalent-experience alternative.
About the job
Conduct research and development on visual-generation foundation and multimodal models, and develop foundation models for ByteDance products.
What you'll do
- Research and develop foundation, unified, and multimodal machine-learning models, especially for image, video, or 3D generation.
- Develop foundation models to enhance ByteDance products.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
- Strong competence in algorithms and programming, with strong coding skills in Python and PyTorch.
- Ability to work and collaborate well with team members.
Nice to have
- Publications in venues such as CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, SIGGRAPH, or Multimedia.
- Hands-on experience with deep-learning frameworks, large-scale training, or large-scale image and video processing and curation involving foundation models.
Tools
Python, PyTorch
AI focus
Research and develop foundation, unified, and multimodal models for generative AI, especially visual generation (image, video, or 3D).
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