Senior AI Systems Scientist - Memory & Scale

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 212,800 - 387,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Matching

Paid Parental Leave

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Life Insurance

Wellbeing Benefits

Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Days

Paid Personal Time

Job summary

ByteDance is seeking a research‑oriented engineer for the Algorithm team in San Jose. You will design scalable AI factory architectures for training, RL, and inference, and drive cross‑team initiatives across research, hardware, data centers, and product.

You will explore AI memory and system performance, build prototypes, and share insights through technical reports. Strong PhD level fundamentals and collaboration skills are essential.

Qualifications

• PhD in CS/EE or related field with strong systems fundamentals.
• Experience in distributed systems and ML infrastructure.
• Ability to learn quickly and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• AI Factory Architecture – design scalable architectures for AI workloads and trade-offs across hardware and software.
• Research & Technology Exploration – track trends, build prototypes, share insights via reports.
• AI Memory & System Performance Optimization – analyze ML stack and optimize performance.
• Cross‑Team Technical Alignment – translate workload needs into scalable solutions with multiple teams.

Skills

PhD in CS/EE

Distributed systems

ML systems

Communication

Learning agility

Education

PhD in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

RDMA

NCCL

Job description

ByteDance is seeking a research‑oriented engineer for the Algorithm team in San Jose. You will design scalable AI factory architectures for training, RL, and inference, and drive cross‑team initiatives across research, hardware, data centers, and product.

You will explore AI memory and system performance, build prototypes, and share insights through technical reports. Strong PhD level fundamentals and collaboration skills are essential.