AI for Databases Research Scientist

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 162,000 - 388,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid parental leave

Healthcare benefits and time off

Job summary

ByteDance seeks a Research Engineer/Scientist for AI for Databases in San Jose. The role spans research and engineering in AI-native data infrastructure, focusing on vector databases, multi-modal databases, and self-managing databases.

You will collaborate across teams to deploy intelligent database systems at scale. You will publish in premier venues, contribute to open-source projects, and participate in conferences, with competitive compensation and strong research support in a hybrid

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Data Science or a related field with a focus on databases, systems, or machine learning.
• Strong publication record in accredited venues related to the AI4DB area.
• Strong background in database internals (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or any modern cloud-native databases).
• Hands-on experience with ML frameworks (XGBoost, LightGBM, TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).

Responsibilities

• Conduct research and development applying AI/ML to database management systems.
• Develop intelligent algorithms for query planning, indexing, storage management, and workload prediction/scheduling.
• Collaborate with data infrastructure and engineering teams to integrate AI models into production systems.
• Analyze large-scale datasets from database workloads to uncover optimization opportunities.
• Publish findings in top-tier conferences and journals.
• Contribute to open-source projects or internal tools for AI-enhanced databases.

Skills

AI/ML for databases

query optimization

indexing strategies

workload forecasting

self-managing databases

Python

C++

Java

cloud platforms

PostgreSQL/MySQL

TensorFlow/PyTorch

scikit-learn

Education

PhD in Computer Science or Data Science

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

AWS

GCP

Azure

XGBoost

LightGBM

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Job description

ByteDance seeks a Research Engineer/Scientist for AI for Databases in San Jose. The role spans research and engineering in AI-native data infrastructure, focusing on vector databases, multi-modal databases, and self-managing databases.

You will collaborate across teams to deploy intelligent database systems at scale. You will publish in premier venues, contribute to open-source projects, and participate in conferences, with competitive compensation and strong research support in a hybrid