Tech Lead, AML Orchestration

Responsibilities

About the Team The Applied Machine Learning (AML) team builds the next-generation machine learning algorithms and platforms that power ByteDance’s recommendation systems, ads ranking, and search ranking. We drive significant impact on ByteDance’s core businesses, focusing on scalable infrastructure, efficient orchestration, and world-class ML systems. Role Overview We are seeking an Tech Lead, AML Orchestration to own and advance ByteDance’s distributed orchestration platforms. This leader will oversee a team of Machine Learning Engineers specializing in orchestration and scheduling, guiding the technical strategy for resource efficiency, distributed training, and online inference systems. The role requires deep expertise in large-scale distributed systems, orchestration frameworks, and cross-team collaboration. Responsibilities - Lead, mentor, and grow a team of orchestration-focused ML engineers; set technical vision and ensure engineering excellence. - Design and optimize distributed orchestration and scheduling strategies across large-scale Kubernetes/Godel environments, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and scalability. - Drive initiatives for autoscaling, resource multiplexing, and preemption across heterogeneous workloads and clusters, including multi-datacenter and multi-cloud setups. - Partner with framework, platform and research teams to build next-generation distributed training and serving systems for ultra-large, high-dimensional recommendation models. - Architect robust and elastic online orchestration frameworks for large-scale inference, supporting evolving recommendation and ads models. - Stay ahead of trends in orchestration, scheduling, and distributed computing, incorporating best practices and emerging technologies.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. - 5+ years of experience in large-scale distributed systems, with at least 5 years in a technical leadership role. - Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (Golang, Python, C++, or similar). - Deep understanding of orchestration frameworks (e.g., Kubernetes, Yarn) and distributed systems design principles. - Proven experience optimizing system performance, resource utilization, and scheduling strategies. - Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills. Preferred Qualifications - Experience with orchestration or ML frameworks such as Ray, TFX, VeRL, vLLM, or equivalent. - Familiarity with distributed computing systems (Spark, Flink) and ML pipelines. - Contributions to open-source scheduling or ML infrastructure projects. - Hands-on experience with multi-tenant environments and cloud-native architectures. - Experience collaborating with and leading global, cross-functional teams across different time zones.

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $257400 - $616000 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:​

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;​

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and​

3. Exercising sound judgment.​

About Us

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

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 https://tinyurl.com/RA-request