Research Scientist Graduate - (Multimodal Interaction and World Model - Pre-Training) - 2026 Start (PhD)

About Seed Team
Established in 2023, the ByteDance Seed team is dedicated to discovering new approaches to general intelligence, and pursuing the edge of intelligence. Our research spans large language models, GenMedia, AI for Science, Robotics and more. With a long-term vision and determination in AI, the ByteDance Seed team remains committed to foundational research. We aim to become a world-class AI research team that drives real technological progress and delivers societal benefits.

With labs across China, Singapore, and the U.S., our team has already released industry-leading general-purpose large models and advanced multimodal capabilities, powering over 50 real-world applications — including Doubao, Coze, and Jimeng.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. 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 2026. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

Responsibilities:
- Drive research and engineering to advance models that enhance understanding of multimodal data and enlarge reasoning capabilities.
- Design novel architectures that optimize both the model's performance and efficiency.
- Establish scaling laws, design and conduct systematic ablations that result in transferrable conclusions.

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $187040 - $438000 annually.