ByteDance

Research Scientist in Multimodal Interaction and World Model - Seed - Graduates - 2027 Start (PhD)

ByteDance  •  $245k - $450k/yr  •  San Jose, CA (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

About the team
The Seed Multimodal Interaction and World Model team is dedicated to developing models that have human-level multimodal understanding and interaction capabilities. The team is working to advance the exploration and development of multimodal assistant products.

Responsibilities
- Develop multimodal foundation models integrating vision, language, audio, and environment signals.
- Design and optimize world models for reasoning, planning, and interaction.
- Build training pipelines including data curation, alignment, and reinforcement learning.
- Improve agent capabilities such as perception, memory, decision-making, and tool use.
- Explore next-generation interaction paradigms between humans and intelligent systems.

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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