Research Scientist for Generative AI, Multimodal and LLM

2 Months ago • 1-3 Years • Research Development

Job Summary

Job Description

ByteDance's Doubao (Seed) Team seeks a Research Scientist for Generative AI, Multimodal and LLMs. The team develops core technology and business, covering deep learning, computer vision, speech, music, and language for content understanding, creation, and interactive experiences. Responsibilities include cutting-edge R&D in computer vision, speech, audio, music, or language; transferring advanced technologies to ByteDance products; and exploring new AI-core products. Required qualifications include practical experience in areas like large language models, speech/music generation, multimodal generation, diffusion models, GANs, transformers, large-scale training, RLHF, and generative AI; strong coding skills in C/C++ and Python; and algorithm competency. Preferred qualifications include 1-3 years of relevant research, publications in top-tier venues, and strong teamwork and independent work abilities.
Must have:
  • Experience in large language models, speech/music generation, multimodal generation
  • Strong coding skills in C/C++ and Python
  • Competency in algorithms
  • Conduct cutting-edge research and development
Good to have:
  • Publications in top-tier venues (ICLR, ICML, etc.)
  • Excellent teamwork and independent work abilities

Job Details

Responsibilities
About the team We are the team that is responsible for the core technology and business development. It covers a variety of technical fields, including deep learning, computer vision, speech, music, language, and provides cutting-edge content understanding, content creation, interactive experience, and consumption capabilities and industry solutions to other business lines within the company and external partners in various forms. Responsibilities - Conduct cutting-edge research and development in computer vision, speech, audio, music or language - Transfer advanced technologies to ByteDance products; - Explore new products with artificial intelligence technology at its core.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications - Practical experience in one or more areas of computer vision, including but not limited to large language model, speech/music understanding and generation, multimodal generation, diffusion model, GAN, transformer for generation tasks, large-scale training, RLHF, and generative AI. - Highly competent in algorithms and programming - Strong coding skills in C/C++ and Python. Preferred Qualifications: - 1-3 years of research in the related area mentioned above - Publications in top-tier venues such as ICLR, ICML, ICASSP, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS and etc. - Work and collaborate well with team members. - Ability to work independently.
Job Information
About Doubao (Seed)

Founded in 2023, the ByteDance 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 has labs and research positions across China, Singapore, and the US.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance'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.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

Reasonable Accommodation

ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at

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