Research Scientist Graduate; Foundation Model, Generative AI PhD

Research Scientist Graduate (Foundation Model, Generative AI) - 2026 Start (PhD)

Location:

San Jose

Team:

Technology

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code:

A106711A

About the team Welcome to the Doubao Vision team, where we spearhead multi-modality foundation models on visual understanding and visual generation. Our mission is to solve the visual intelligence problem for AI. We conduct cutting‑edge research on areas like vision and language, large vision models, and generative foundation models. The team is a mix of experienced research scientists and engineers, aiming to advance the research boundaries in foundation models and apply our technologies to our rich application scenarios, whereas a feedback loop is created to help further improve our foundation technologies.

Join us in shaping the future of AI technologies and revolutionizing our product experience for global users. We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at our Company. Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2026.

Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

• Conduct cutting‑edge research and development in foundation model and multimodal machine learning, especially in the areas of generative AI (e.g. image, video, or 3d generation). The primary objective is to research cutting‑edge video generation technology through innovation.
• Develop the foundation model to enhance the strategic advantages for Byte Dance products.
• Explore new downstream products with artificial intelligence technology at its core.

• Individuals who are completing or have recently completed a PhD degree in Computer Science or related engineering field.
• Highly competent in algorithms and programming; strong coding skills in Python and PyTorch.
• Work and collaborate well with team members.

• Candidates with publications in venues such as CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, SIGGRAPH or Multimedia, etc.
• Hands‑on coding experience in deep learning frameworks and large‑scale training experience.
• Experience in large‑scale image and video processing and curation, particularly when it involves extensive work with foundation models.

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $187,040 - $438,000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

Founded in 2023, the Byte Dance Doubao (Seed) Team, is dedicated to pioneering advanced AI foundation models. Our goal is to lead in cutting‑edge research and drive technological and societal advancements.

With a strong commitment to AI, our research areas span deep learning, reinforcement learning, Language, Vision, Audio, AI Infra and AI Safety. Our team…