AI Software Prototyping Engineer- Pico Lab- San Jose San Jose Regular

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 136,800 - 359,720; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan with company match

Paid parental leave

10 paid holidays and 10 sick days per year

Job summary

A leading tech company in San Jose is looking for a Software Development Engineer (Full Stack) to join their PICO system prototyping team. This role focuses on developing and testing innovative AI and XR product concepts. The ideal candidate should have experience in high-fidelity software development across various platforms. Benefits include competitive salary, health insurance, and generous paid time off. Join us to inspire creativity and promote teamwork in a rapidly growing tech environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing high-fidelity software applications.
• Familiar with multiple platforms including Android, iOS, and Web.
• Ability to design and validate AI product concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and test software applications for AI and XR.
• Conduct user studies and deliver innovative user experience demos.
• Rapidly iterate on early product features and integrations.

Skills

Full Stack Development

AI and XR Prototyping

Rapid Software Development

User Experience Design

Collaboration with Product Managers

Job description

Software Development Engineer - Full Stack- Pico Lab- San Jose

Location: San Jose

Team: Technology

Employment Type: Regular

Job Code: A29496

About Team

PICO system prototyping team’s mission is to incubate the next generation XR products including MR headsets, AR glasses and more smart wearables. Based on ByteDance group’s vision, the team independently comes up with product vision, roadmap, definition, architecture as well as initial designs including experience, structural, electrical, firmware as well as software. The startup style team has always been working on system-level missions that are tremendously commercially valuable yet seem technically impossible, therefore, we are also called the IMF.

Responsibilities

• In the Product Incubation Team, designs, builds, and tests preliminary, high-fidelity, or low-fidelity software applications to validate AI and XR product concepts, front end and back end, early in the development lifecycle.
• Be part of frontier software prototyping efforts on mobiles, smart glasses, AR glasses, wearables, headsets and more. Applications include but are not limited to agentic AI on mobile and smart devices.
• Rapid software development and iteration on Android, RTOS, Web, iOS, MacOS, WatchOS, WearOS, Linux, for demonstrating and validating early product features, for example agentic AI, user interactions, TikTok et al.
• Work closely with product managers, software engineers and hardware engineers to deliver innovative user experience demos, conduct user studies, verify values, influence key features for future products.

Qualifications

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $136800 - $359720 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 Pico

Founded in April 2015, Pico is a VR company committed to developing immersive and interactive VR experiences for people around the world. Pico also provides tailor‑made solutions for our enterprise clients in the fields of education and healthcare.

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