ByteDance
Software Engineer / Researcher, AI-Native database systems
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years in core database systems, large-scale distributed infrastructure, or machine learning systems.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related fields.
About the job
Build AI-native database systems for structured, unstructured, and vector data, powering retrieval and real-time AI workloads.
What you'll do
- Design and implement AI-native databases, storage engines, and low-latency distributed vector search.
- Develop LLM-augmented query processors and infrastructure for RAG and AI-agent memory.
- Advance learned indexes, self-optimizing databases, and AI-integrated transaction systems; contribute to research and open source.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field, with strong systems or AI research experience.
- 2+ years in core database systems, large-scale distributed infrastructure, or machine learning systems.
- Strong coding and system-level design skills in C++ / Rust / Go.
- Deep expertise in at least one listed area: database storage engines, vector retrieval, AI/model-serving infrastructure, or semantic search and agent memory systems.
Nice to have
- Experience with Faiss, Milvus, DuckDB, ClickHouse, TiKV, or RocksDB; publications at relevant conferences.
- Familiarity with GCP, AWS, or Azure database and AI integration; contributions to RAG, memory-augmented models, or self-tuning databases.
Tools
C++, Rust, Go, Faiss, Milvus, DuckDB, ClickHouse, TiKV
AI focus
Build AI-native databases and systems for vector retrieval, LLM-augmented queries, RAG, AI-agent memory, and AI workloads.
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