ByteDance
Research Scientist (Seed Model - Speech)
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years in one or more areas of machine learning and deep learning.
- Education
- Completing or recently completed a MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
About the job
Conduct research and development on speech/audio foundation models and help integrate research findings into practical products and platforms.
What you'll do
- Research and develop speech/audio foundation models.
- Collaborate across teams to identify research areas and develop speech/audio models.
- Work with product teams to integrate research into applications and contribute to team projects.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a master's degree in a listed or related discipline.
- 3+ years of experience in one or more machine learning or deep learning areas, including speech/audio or multimodal modeling.
Nice to have
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in a listed or related discipline; publications in accredited ML/DL or speech venues.
- Experience with large language models, distributed computing, large-scale training, TensorFlow or PyTorch, engineering practices, algorithms, and C/C++ and Python.
Tools
TensorFlow, PyTorch, C/C++, Python
AI focus
Research and development of speech/audio foundation models, including machine learning and deep learning for speech, audio, and multimodal applications.
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