Student Researcher (Speech Foundation Model - Seed) - 2027 Start

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 51,143 - 72,840; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Housing allowance

10 paid holidays per year

Paid sick time

Job summary

ByteDance's Seed Speech team is seeking interns to advance multimodal speech technologies and foundation models. You will contribute to research, implement algorithms, and evaluate models within a collaborative environment at our San Jose location.

The role emphasizes strong coding skills in Python or C/C++, plus coursework or projects in machine learning. You will work with researchers and engineers on both research and product-oriented tasks, gaining hands-on experience in cutting-edge AI.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's in CS, math, engineering, or related field.
• Strong coding skills and understanding of data structures and algorithms; proficient in Python or C/C++.

Responsibilities

• Support research and development of foundation models and systems.
• Experiment with model improvements and evaluation methods.
• Implement algorithms, models, or system components.
• Collaborate with team members on research and engineering tasks.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Algorithms

Machine learning

Communication

Problem solving

Research

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Math/Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities

About the team: The mission of the Seed Speech team is to enrich interactive and creative processes through the application of multimodal speech technologies. The team focuses on the forefront of research and product development in speech and audio, music, natural language understanding, and multimodal deep learning.

• Support research and development of foundation models and systems.
• Experiment with model improvements and evaluation methods.
• Implement algorithms, models, or system components.
• Collaborate with team members on research and engineering tasks.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field.
• Strong coding skills and understanding of data structures and algorithms, proficient in Python or C/C++.
• Experience with machine learning or related areas through coursework, projects, or internships.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated research track record with publications in conferences related to speech, audio, multimodal learning, or machine learning.
• Strong problem‑solving and communication skills.

Compensation and Benefits

Hourly rate range: $45–$45.

Benefits may vary depending on the location of employment. Interns have day‑one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in the first half of the year, 40 hours if hired in the second half). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for a housing allowance. The company reserves the right to modify or change these benefit programs at any time, with or without notice.

Employment Eligibility and Fair Chance

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.

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