Research Scientist Graduate (Multi-modal Agentic Databases)- 2027 Start (PHD)

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 317,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Short-term disability insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time

Job summary

ByteDance's system infrastructure team is hiring graduates for 2027 to work on LLM/AI + Infrastructure projects, including TextToSQL and multimodal data processing. You will research, design, and deploy scalable systems, with opportunities to publish at top conferences as you tackle challenging technical problems.

Candidates should be prepared to commit to onboarding by end-2027 and indicate graduation date in their resume.

Qualifications

• No formal requirements stated in the ad; candidates with strong technical skills and willingness to learn are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Do research surveys and come up with a new system and algorithm design.
• Develop new systems and successfully land them into production environments.
• Be able to debug systems and measure system performance.
• Collaborate with mentors and other lab members.
• Write technical reports and publish papers.

Job description

Responsibilities

With the fast growth of ByteDance's business, ByteDance's system infrastructure is currently at a massive scale and requires versatile system solutions. Our team works on advanced R&D projects, focusing on LLM/AI + Infrastructure technologies, which includes both infrastructure for LLM/AI and LLM/AI for infrastructure. To name a few, our TextToSQL project ranks top on well known industry benchmarks. We also work on advanced multimodal data processing technologies using LLM, such as scalable and efficient semantic operators and AI functions.

Besides achieving great business impacts, we also encourage publishing on top tier conferences. In year 2025 alone, our team published nearly 20 papers in top tier conferences, such as SIGMOD, VLDB, FSE, ICLR, EuroSys, WWW etc. We hire students with great technical skills, willingness to learn and solve complex technical challenges and passion in making an impact on millions of users.

With the large-scale deployment of large language models (LLMs) and AI Agents, traditional cloud-native infrastructure can no longer meet the extreme performance and elasticity demands of AI workloads.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2027. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at ByteDance.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2027. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

• Do research surveys and come up with a new system and algorithm design.


• Develop new systems and successfully land them into production environments


• Be able to debug systems and measure system performance.


• Collaborate with mentors and other lab members.


• Write technical reports and publish papers.

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $162000 - $316800 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.

• medical, dental, and vision insurance


• 401(k) savings plan with company match


• paid parental leave


• short-term and long-term disability coverage


• life insurance


• wellbeing benefits


• 10 paid holidays per year


• 10 paid sick days per year


• 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)

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:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;


• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and


• Exercising sound judgment.

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