Research Graduate (AI Infra Compute) - 2027 Start (PhD)

About the role

The Compute division focuses on building large-scale and highly available cloud infrastructure, which supports both public cloud products (like VolcEngine ECS service) and internal products. The Compute-US team specializes in the development and research of the compute infrastructure platform. As a graduate, you will have opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Successful candidates must commit to an onboarding date by the end of the year.

Responsibilities

• Develop key technologies to optimize our AI Infra stack, including training infra, inference infra, and AI agents.
• Work with academia and open source communities on joint development.
• Follow the latest technologies from academia or industry and conduct deep-dive analysis.
• Present research and products in academic papers.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Individuals completing or who have recently completed a PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience with at least one of the following areas:
  • LLM training infra, including optimizations for post-training workloads such as RL training, knowledge distillation, etc.
  • LLM inference infra, including inference engine performance improvements, efficient execution parallelism, GPU kernel optimizations, etc.
  • AI Agent Infra, including computer-use agents, coding agents, agent memory, agent sandbox, etc.
• Commitment to proactive continuous learning, enthusiasm for AI technologies, and strong ability to quickly grasp and apply new technologies.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Frequent contributors or maintainers in AI Infra-related open source communities such as vLLM or SGLang.
• Publications in CS conferences such as OSDI or MLSys.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $153,900 - $300,960 annually. Compensation may vary based on qualifications, skills, experience, and location. Base pay is part of a total package that may include discretionary bonuses, incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits

• Day-one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) savings plan with company match.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Wellbeing benefits.
• 10 paid holidays per year.
• 10 paid sick days per year.
• 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

Benefits may vary depending on employment type and work location.