Research Scientist Graduate (Foundation Model-Speech-Interaction & Learning) - 2026 Start (PhD）

About the role

The Seed Speech team at ByteDance is seeking talented individuals to join our dynamic and innovative environment. Our team focuses on the forefront of research and product development in speech and audio, natural language understanding, and multimodal deep learning. We are committed to advancing the frontier of artificial general intelligence to drive progress for both technology and society.

Responsibilities

• Contribute cutting-edge research to ByteDance product evolution (e.g., Douyin, Capcut, and more) to impact billions of users worldwide.
• Work on advanced science and technology in audio processing and generation (e.g., Dialogue Systems, Audio-Video Models, Speech Synthesis, Voice Conversion, Audio Codec Learning, Audio Language Modeling, etc.).
• Research, model, design, develop and evaluate novel machine learning models and algorithms.
• Collaborate with globally based researchers and engineering teams in developing machine learning models and algorithms.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • Individuals who are completing or have recently completed a PhD degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • Good knowledge of theoretical and empirical research in addressing research problems.
  • Solid knowledge and experience with at least one popular deep learning framework (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) and familiarity with deep neural network architectures.
  • Experience in both neural and non-neural, classical machine learning models and algorithms.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Research experience in one or more of the following fields: speech synthesis, audio generation, large language model, computer vision, generative models.
  • Strong first-author publications at accredited conferences such as (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL etc.).
  • Proficient in C / C++ , Python, and shell programming languages, and have a deep understanding of data structure and algorithm design.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $244800 - $450000 annually. Compensation may vary 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).