Student Researcher (Seed – Multimodal Interaction & World Model - RL Focused) – 2026 Start (PhD)

Responsibilities

The Seed Multimodal Interaction and World Model team is dedicated to developing models that boast human-level multimodal understanding and interaction capabilities. The team also aspires to advance the exploration and development of multimodal assistant products. We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Publishations in accredited venues, such as CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, or other leading conferences in AI and ML
• Strong research background in at least one of the following: reinforcement learning, multimodal learning, video understanding, or vision-language modeling
• Experience with reinforcement learning in multimodal or interactive environments
• Familiarity with video generation or diffusion-based generative models
• Experience with large-scale model training (e.g., distributed training, curriculum learning, or memory-augmented transformers)
• Solid programming and engineering skills, with experience building training or evaluation pipelines for ML models

About the role

Established in 2023, the ByteDance Seed team is dedicated to pioneering new paths toward artificial general intelligence. We aspire to advance the frontier of intelligence to drive progress for both technology and society.

Job Information

Compensation Description (Hourly): - Campus Intern
The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $60- $60.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.

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.