Large Language Model Training System Engineer Graduate (Applied Machine Learning) - 2027 Start [...]

Pangle; San Jose, Northern (CA, KY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance's Volcano Ark training platform is seeking engineers to advance end-to-end large model post-training (SFT, RL) on a serverless Volcano Ark stack. Join the Data AML team driving scalable, secure ML infrastructure.

You will design elastic, multi-tenant training across data centers and heterogeneous hardware, aiming to boost throughput and stability while enabling reinforcement learning interfaces for users.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Proficient in Python, Rust, or C++; writes clean code and has strong framework design and abstraction skills.
• Experience in training framework design or training system optimization; participation in large model training engineering or complex distributed system development is preferred.
• Strong interest in tracking and solving technical problems, studying low-level principles and performance bottlenecks, and applying scientific modeling methods.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the development of the Volcano Ark training system, enabling internal and external users to perform large model post-training, including SFT and RL, on the Volcano Ark platform in a serverless manner.
• Design elastic training solutions for complex multi-tenant training scenarios, supporting mixed multi-tenant training across multiple data centers and heterogeneous hardware, while improving training throughput and stability.
• Design reinforcement learning systems to improve training efficiency and provide user-friendly reinforcement learning training interfaces.

Skills

Python

Rust

C++

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS

Job description

Join us as we work together to inspire creativity and enrich life around the globe.

Location:

San Jose

Team:

Technology

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code:

A231925

Responsibilities

Volcano Ark is an all-in-one large model service platform launched by Volcano Engine. It is a leading platform in China's large model market by product capability and market share. The platform provides end-to-end services including model inference, evaluation, fine-tuning, AI application development, and a plugin ecosystem. Volcano Ark hosts Doubao and leading industry large models, and supports enterprise AI adoption through stable, secure, and trusted solutions as well as professional algorithm and technical services. Team Introduction:Data AML is ByteDance's machine learning platform team. It provides training and inference systems for recommendation, advertising, computer vision, speech, and NLP scenarios across products such as Douyin, Toutiao, and Xigua Video. The team also supports internal business teams with large-scale machine learning compute, explores general and innovative algorithms for business problems, and offers core machine learning and recommendation system capabilities to external enterprise customers through Volcano Engine. We are looking for talented individuals to join our team. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by the end of the year.

• Participate in the development of the Volcano Ark training system, enabling internal and external users to perform large model post-training, including SFT and RL, on the Volcano Ark platform in a serverless manner.
• Design elastic training solutions for complex multi-tenant training scenarios, supporting mixed multi-tenant training across multiple data centers and heterogeneous hardware, while improving training throughput and stability.
• Design reinforcement learning systems to improve training efficiency and provide user-friendly reinforcement learning training interfaces.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Individuals who are completing or have recently completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Proficient in one or more programming languages such as Python, Rust, or C++; writes clean code and has strong framework design and abstraction skills.
• Experience in training framework design or training system optimization; participation in large model training engineering or complex distributed system development is preferred.
• Strong interest in tracking and solving technical problems, studying low-level principles and performance bottlenecks, and applying scientific modeling methods.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Solid experience in computer architecture optimization, with familiarity with heterogeneous hardware and high-performance networking.
• Strong scientific optimization skills, including the ability to independently analyze training efficiency and identify optimization directions.
• Familiarity with mainstream reinforcement learning frameworks and technical insight into training frameworks.

Job Information

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

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.