ByteDance
Research Scientist Graduate (Video Quality Analysis&Coding Strategy) - 2026 Start (PHD)
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- For candidates completing or recently completing a PhD; no specific number of years stated.
- Education
- PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Designs and optimizes video analysis, quality assessment, and encoding strategies for end-to-end video services, and integrates and evaluates algorithms in production workflows.
What you'll do
- Design and optimize video analysis and quality assessment algorithms, including database creation and development.
- Help design end-to-end video quality optimization strategies combining analysis, processing, and encoding.
- Apply algorithms to video-on-demand and live-streaming monitoring and evaluation, and collaborate on production integration and A/B testing.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- In-depth knowledge of video analysis or subjective/objective video quality algorithms and state-of-the-art technologies.
- Proficiency in at least one of C, C++, or Python.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with ML and image processing tools such as sklearn, opencv, and ffmpeg, and deep learning frameworks such as Tensorflow/Pytorch.
- Familiarity with Transformer architectures and mainstream multi-modal large models (MLLMs), with hands-on implementation or research experience preferred.
Tools
C, C++, Python, sklearn, opencv, ffmpeg, Tensorflow, Pytorch
AI focus
Develop video analysis and quality assessment algorithms; preferred experience includes Transformer architectures and multi-modal large models (MLLMs).
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