ByteDance
Student Researcher - (Seed Model - Seed Responsible AI) - 2026 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Internship · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must be able to establish authorization to work in the United States. The Company does not provide sponsorship or any immigration-related benefits.
About the job
Researches and develops AI foundation models and agents, focusing on making AI reliable, safe, and trustworthy and applying AI safety and ethics to products.
What you'll do
- Develop advanced AI technologies, particularly foundation models and AI agents.
- Research ways to make AI technologies more reliable, safe, and trustworthy.
- Contribute to product development related to AI safety and ethics.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong research background in at least one of: LLM training, LLM interpretability, LLM agents, reinforcement learning, or LLM/AI agent safety.
- Excellent coding ability and skills in data structures and fundamental algorithms; proficiency in C/C++ or Python.
- Excellent problem analysis and solving skills; good communication and collaboration skills.
Nice to have
- Winners of competitions such as ACM/ICPC, IOI, or TopCoder.
- Experience with influential projects or papers in ML, NLP, or LLM.
Tools
C/C++, Python, LLM, AI agents, reinforcement learning, ML, NLP
AI focus
Research and develop AI foundation models and agents, with a focus on AI safety, reliability, trustworthiness, and ethics.
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