ByteDance is hiring: Research Scientist Graduate (Foundation Model Music) 2026

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Responsibilities
The Speech team's mission is to empower content interaction and creation using speech & audio related technologies.

The team focuses on cutting-edge R&D in areas like speech & audio, music processing, natural language understanding and multimodal deep learning.

The team builds AI training and inference systems based on GPUs and advances the state-of-the-art of AI system technologies to accelerate large audio/music language models.

The team is also responsible for the development of the complete engineering cycle of large models, including data preparing/processing, model training/evaluation/deployment, etc.
Responsibilities
The Speech team's mission is to empower content interaction and creation using speech & audio related technologies.

The team focuses on cutting-edge R&D in areas like speech & audio, music processing, natural language understanding and multimodal deep learning.

The team builds AI training and inference systems based on GPUs and advances the state-of-the-art of AI system technologies to accelerate large audio/music language models.

The team is also responsible for the development of the complete engineering cycle of large models, including data preparing/processing, model training/evaluation/deployment, etc.
We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2024.

As a graduate, you will get unparalleled opportunities for you to kickstart your career, pursue bold ideas and explore limitless growth opportunities.

Co-create a future driven by your inspiration with ByteDance.
Successful candidates must be able to commit to a start date before the end of 2024.

Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

We encourage you to apply early.
Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply.

The application limit is applicable to ByteDance and its affiliates' jobs globally.
Responsibilities
Conduct cutting-edge machine learning research and development in music understanding and generation.
Transfer advanced technologies to ByteDance products.
Explore new products with music intelligence technology at its core.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Ph.D. graduate with a background in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field
Experience in one or more areas of deep learning and music intelligence, including but not limited to:
Deep generative models
Representation learning
Sequence classification
Music information retrieval and source separation
Speech recognition and synthesis
Natural language processing
Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
Preferred Qualifications
Publications in top-tier venues such as NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, ICASSP, INTERSPEECH, ACL, EMNLP, ISMIR.
Familiar with deep learning frameworks such as Tensorflow and PyTorch.
Highly competent in algorithms and programming; Strong coding skills in Python and C/C++.
Familar with large-scale training and data processing.
Familiar with engineering principles and best practices.
Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, multi-functional environment.
By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to our global applicant privacy policy, which may be accessed here: https://jobs.bytedance.com/en/legal/privacy.
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $187040 - $438000 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:
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 Doubao (Seed)
Founded in 2023, the ByteDance Doubao (Seed) Team, is dedicated to pioneering advanced AI foundation models.

Our goal is to lead in cutting-edge research and drive technological and societal advancements.
With a strong commitment to AI, our research areas span deep learning, reinforcement learning, Language, Vision, Audio, AI Infra and AI Safety.

Our team has labs and research positions across China, Singapore, and the US.
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
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Industries Software Development
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