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Research Scientist Graduate; Multimodal Language Model PHD

Job in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, 95199, USA
Listing for: ByteDance
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-24
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Data Scientist, Data Analyst, Data Engineer, Machine Learning/ ML Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 136800 - 259200 USD Yearly USD 136800.00 259200.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Research Scientist Graduate (Multimodal Large Language Model) - 2026 Start (PHD)

Overview

Location:

San Jose

Team:
Technology

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code: A188768

Responsibilities
  • Responsible for the R&D of multimodal large models in MR scenarios based on modalities such as vision, point clouds, and text, including model optimization, data construction, evaluation enhancement, as well as training/inference acceleration.
  • Deeply explore and keep up with cutting-edge technologies in the industry, driving the application and implementation of multimodal large models in MR scenarios.
Qualifications
  • Minimum Qualifications
    • Final year Ph.D or recent Ph.D graduates in Computer Science, engineering or quantitative field
    • Strong expertise in multimodal large model pre-training and fine-tuning techniques, with hands-on experience in model optimization and related workflows.
    • Excellent problem-solving and learning ability, able to quickly grasp cutting-edge technologies and apply them to practical challenges.
    • Proficient in 2D/3D computer vision tasks, including detection, segmentation, depth estimation, and image matching.
    • Skilled in Python and C++, with solid programming and engineering implementation capabilities.
  • Preferred Qualifications
    • Publications in top-tier conferences in computer vision, robotics, or graphics, or notable achievements in competitions, are a plus.
    • Award winners of ACM-ICPC, NOI/IOI, Top Coder, or similar competitions are highly preferred.
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Job Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $136800 - $259200 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.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

  • Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
  • Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
  • Exercising sound judgment.
  • About Us

    Founded in 2012, Byte Dance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including Tik Tok, Lemon8, Cap Cut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, Byte Dance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

    Why

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    Inspiring creativity is at the core of Byte Dance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

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