ByteDance
Student Researcher [Seed – Multimodal Interaction & World Model - RL Focused] –
ByteDance, San Jose, California, United States, 95199
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Student Researcher [Seed – Multimodal Interaction & World Model - RL Focused] – 2026 Start (PhD)
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Design and implement reinforcement learning (RL) training systems for large-scale multimodal foundation models Develop unified modeling frameworks that integrate video, audio, and language, with a focus on visual latent reasoning Explore RL-based approaches to bridge understanding and generation for multimodal visual reasoning Collaborate with researchers to evaluate models on tasks involving world modeling, reasoning, and instruction-conditioned generation Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Currently pursuing a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline Publications in top-tier 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 Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment Preferred Qualifications
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 Other information
Reasonable Accommodation: ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request For more details about the role and benefits, consult the employer posting directly.
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Student Researcher [Seed – Multimodal Interaction & World Model - RL Focused] – 2026 Start (PhD)
role at
ByteDance 2 weeks ago Be among the first 25 applicants Responsibilities
Design and implement reinforcement learning (RL) training systems for large-scale multimodal foundation models Develop unified modeling frameworks that integrate video, audio, and language, with a focus on visual latent reasoning Explore RL-based approaches to bridge understanding and generation for multimodal visual reasoning Collaborate with researchers to evaluate models on tasks involving world modeling, reasoning, and instruction-conditioned generation Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Currently pursuing a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline Publications in top-tier 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 Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment Preferred Qualifications
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 Other information
Reasonable Accommodation: ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request For more details about the role and benefits, consult the employer posting directly.
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