Research Scientist, Applied GAI-Vision

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 218,000 - 388,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance’s Vision-Applied Research team pursues applied research in Generative AI and CV/Multimodal Understanding, delivering intelligent solutions to ByteDance products that help users create and share content more easily. The team conducts cutting-edge research in vision and AI, and transfers the technologies to TikTok, CapCut and other products.

The role focuses on exploring new products with AI at its core, advancing multi-modality, and publishing impactful results.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of research and practical experience in computer vision (generative models, diffusion models, GAN)
• Experience in image/video synthesis, understanding, or editing
• Experience in multi-modality, vision and language
• Experience in generative human modeling (2D/3D pose, hand pose, body shape)
• Strong coding skills in C/C++ and Python

Responsibilities

• Conduct cutting-edge research and development in computer vision, generative AI and related fields
• Transfer advanced technologies to Bytedance products
• Explore new products with AI technology at its core

Skills

Computer vision

Generative AI

Image/video synthesis

Multi-modality

Vision-language

Pose estimation

Facial analysis

C/C++

Python

Tools

C/C++

Python

Job description

Responsibilities

Team Intro: The Vision-Applied Research team focuses on applied research in Generative AI and CV/Multimodal Understanding, and delivering intelligent solutions to ByteDance products, enabling users to make and share creative content in a much easier way. The team has research groups dedicated to generative models for content creation, image generation, video synthesis, intelligent image/video editing, and virtual humans.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct cutting‑edge research and development in computer vision, generative AI and other related fields;
• Transfer advanced technologies to Bytedance products;
• Explore new products with artificial intelligence technology at its core.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2+ years of research and practical experience in one or more areas of computer vision:
  • Generative models, diffusion models, GAN
  • Image and video synthesis/manipulation/editing, Image and video understanding
  • Multi-modality, vision and language
  • Generative human, neural motion synthesis, Human modeling (2D and 3D pose estimation, hand pose estimation, human shape estimation)
  • Facial analysis
• Highly competent in algorithms and programming; Strong coding skills in C/C++ and Python.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidates with publications in venues such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCP, SIGGRAPH, & NeurIPS.

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. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $218400 - $387600 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.