Student Researcher (Vision Foundation Model - Seed) – 2027 Start (PhD)

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 68,191 - 97,120; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

10 paid holidays

Paid sick time

Possible housing allowance

Job summary

ByteDance in San Jose is looking for a Campus Intern for the Seed Vision team, focusing on foundational models for visual generation. The role involves conducting research on vision models, exploring generative capabilities, and prototyping algorithms. 

Ideal candidates will be PhD students with strong programming skills in Python or C/C++, and a research background in computer vision. The position offers competitive hourly pay and various benefits including access to health insurance and paid holidays.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a PhD in a relevant field.
• Strong programming skills and foundation in algorithms.
• Demonstrated research results and publications.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research on vision foundation models.
• Explore generative modeling capabilities.
• Design and prototype algorithms and models.

Skills

Strong programming skills

Proficient in Python or C/C++

Research track record

Problem-solving ability

Education

Currently pursuing a PhD in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field

Job description

Responsibilities

About the team: The Seed Vision team focuses on foundational models for visual generation, developing multimodal generative models, and carrying out leading research and application development to solve fundamental computer vision challenges in GenAI.

• Conduct research on vision foundation models and related systems.
• Explore methods to advance generative modeling capabilities, including areas such as image generation, video generation, and representation learning.
• Design and prototype algorithms, models, or system components.
• Collaborate with the team to advance research directions.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a PhD in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field.
• Strong programming skills and solid foundation in algorithms and data structures, proficient in Python or C/C++.
• Demonstrated research track record with publications in conferences related to computer vision and machine learning.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience related to generative modeling, including image generation or video generation.
• Strong problem-solving ability and experience conducting independent research.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a research environment.

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $60- $60.

Benefits

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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 first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

Eligibility 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;
• 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