Research Engineer Graduate (AI Training Systems & RL Infrastructure - Seed Infra) - 2026 Start (PhD)

ByteDance

$254K — $480K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Experience with distributed systems and large-scale machine learning.
  • Hands-on work with training or optimizing models like LLMs or RL systems.
  • Knowledge of parallelism strategies and distributed training concepts.
  • Familiarity with reinforcement learning workflows.
  • Proficient in Python and/or C++, with experience in ML frameworks like PyTorch.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct research on AI infrastructure for foundation models and video generation.
  • Design and optimize distributed training strategies for large-scale systems.
  • Prototype end-to-end reinforcement learning training systems.
  • Build scalable infrastructure for dynamic workloads.
  • Analyze training performance bottlenecks and optimize efficiency.
  • Develop monitoring and debugging frameworks for large-scale systems.
  • Collaborate with teams on system-algorithm co-design to create scalable infrastructures.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one.
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
  • Life insurance and wellbeing benefits.
  • 10 paid holidays and 10 paid sick days annually.
  • 17 days of Paid Personal Time with increasing accruals.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities - Conduct research and development on large-scale AI infrastructure to support efficient training and post-training of foundation models, multimodal LLMs, and image/video generation models. - Design and optimize distributed training strategies, including data/model/tensor/pipeline/expert parallelism, computation-communication overlap, and large-scale GPU cluster scaling. - Prototype and improve end-to-end reinforcement learning (RL) training systems, covering rollout generation, policy optimization, evaluation, and iterative deployment workflows. - Build scalable and fault-tolerant infrastructure that operates reliably under dynamic workloads and heterogeneous compute environments. - Analyze performance bottlenecks across the training stack (e.g., networking, scheduling, GPU memory management), and develop principled optimization approaches to improve throughput, efficiency, and stability. - Develop tooling, monitoring, debugging, and observability frameworks to ensure reliability of large-scale training and RL systems. - Collaborate with researchers and engineers on system-algorithm co-design, translating research prototypes into scalable, production-ready infrastructure systems. Qualification Minimum Qualifications - Individuals who are completing or have recently completed a PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related discipline. - Strong background in distributed systems, large-scale machine learning systems, or deep learning infrastructure. - Research or hands-on experience in training or optimizing large-scale models (e.g., LLMs, multimodal models, RL systems). - Understanding of parallelism strategies (e.g., data, model/tensor, pipeline, expert parallelism) and distributed training concepts. - Familiarity with reinforcement learning workflows such as rollout generation, policy optimization, and evaluation loops. - Proficiency in programming (e.g., Python and/or C++) and experience with modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch and distributed training tools). Job Information 【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $254400 - $480000 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.

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