ByteDance

Algorithm Application Scientist - Large Model Applications - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PHD)

ByteDance  •  $213k - $450k/yr  •  San Jose, CA (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

Team Introduction: We are the Engineering Architecture team of the PICO-Interactive Perception R&D Department. We are responsible for the architecture design and engineering implementation in the Interactive Perception Department. We focus on exploring the low-power consumption deployment of AI models, strive for excellence and aim to become an international team with leading technology.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2027. 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 2027. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.
Topic Content: The rapid advancement of AI Agents is set to have a far-reaching and transformative impact on daily life. As the hardware bridge linking AI Agents to the physical world and end users, intelligent hardware acts as a vital gateway for agents to perceive their environment and recognize user intent. Enabling AI Agents to maintain round‑the‑clock environmental awareness and efficiently capture real‑time user intentions is essential to improving their everyday service experience. This topic seeks to overcome the limitations of conventional visual perception systems. By deeply integrating sensing and computing, it explores full‑stack innovation spanning from low‑level hardware to high‑level algorithms. Key efforts include developing next‑generation sensors with real‑time understanding capabilities, investigating non‑traditional visual capture and compression techniques, and designing novel hardware architectures to run advanced algorithms—enabling highly efficient coordination across sensing, processing, and communication.

Topic Challenge: Break free from the framework of conventional sensing systems, explore novel sensors, signal processing and compression schemes to achieve highly energy-efficient sensing tasks, while enabling seamless integration with large models.

Topic Value: Breakthroughs in this research direction will enable intelligent hardware to better connect AI, users, and daily life. Against the backdrop of the AI Agent era, this will unlock the gateway to the next generation of intelligent hardware terminals and open up broader technological possibilities.

Job Responsibilities
- technical solution design, model selection, fine-tuning (SFT), RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) implementation, and application deployment. You will play a key role in promoting the in-depth integration of large model technology with real-world business scenarios.
- Keep abreast of the latest technological trends in global large models (e.g., GPT, Gemini, LLaMA series), conduct in-depth technical research and verification, and apply cutting-edge technologies to project practice to continuously enhance application performance and user experience.
- Collaborate closely with algorithm, product, and business teams to deeply identify industry pain points, translate business requirements into actionable technical solutions, and drive the iterative upgrading of large model applications.
- Participate in the design and optimization of large model application workflows, leverage Agent and tool calling technologies to expand scenario coverage and improve automation levels, and explore innovative applications of large models in vertical sectors.
- Undertake the collation of technical documents, project summary, and experience accumulation, and contribute to the construction and improvement of the team’s technical knowledge system.

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $212800 - $450000 annually.
ByteDance

About ByteDance

ByteDance is a global incubator of platforms at the cutting edge of commerce, content, entertainment and enterprise services - over 2.5bn people interact with ByteDance products including TikTok.

Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible.

Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. We are committed to building a safe, healthy and positive online environment for all our users.

We have over 110,000 employees based in more than 30 countries globally. Join us.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
China, CN
Year Founded
Unknown
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