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ByteDance

Research Scientist - LLM Training System as a Service - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD)

San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026

Education
Currently pursuing a PhD in computer science, automation, electronics engineering, or a related technical discipline.

About the job

Develop and optimize distributed LLM training, inference, and reinforcement-learning systems, including GPU performance optimization for emerging agent-training workloads.

What you'll do

  • Develop and optimize LLM training, inference, and reinforcement-learning frameworks.
  • Work with model researchers to scale LLM training and reinforcement learning.
  • Optimize GPU and CUDA performance for LLM training, inference, and reinforcement-learning engines.

What they ask for

  • Currently pursuing a PhD in computer science, automation, electronics engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • Proficient in algorithms and data structures and familiar with Python.
  • Understand deep-learning principles, neural-network architectures, and training frameworks such as Pytorch.

Nice to have

  • GPU high-performance optimization experience, including CUDA, computer architecture, parallel computing, memory access, or low-bit computing.
  • Familiarity with distributed training and inference technologies; LLM knowledge or model-optimization experience.

Tools

Python, Pytorch, CUDA, FSDP, Deepspeed, JAX SPMD, Megatron-LM, TensorRT-LLM

AI focus

Build and optimize systems for LLM and AI-agent training, inference, and reinforcement learning, including scalable workflows for dynamic agent workloads.

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 6, 2026 (UTC)