ByteDance

Research Engineer - LLM/VLM Inference Optimization (Seed Infra)

ByteDance  •  $245k - $450k/yr  •  San Jose, CA (Onsite)  •  1 month ago
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Job Description

About the Team
The Seed Infrastructures team oversees the distributed training, reinforcement learning framework, high-performance inference, and heterogeneous hardware compilation technologies for AI foundation models.

Responsibilities
1. Design, develop, and optimize high-performance inference systems for large-scale LLMs and VLMs, covering inference engines, serving frameworks, and end-to-end deployment pipelines.
2. Build state-of-the-art model inference engines through advanced performance optimization techniques such as compiler-level optimizations, parallel computing, graph fusion, efficient CUDA kernel development, low-precision computation, streaming inference, speculative decoding, and high-concurrency request optimization.
3. Collaborate closely with other research teams to identify performance bottlenecks, conduct in-depth performance analysis, and optimize large models; contribute to the development of model toolchains and the broader technical ecosystem.

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $244800 - $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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