ByteDance
Research Scientist Graduate (Infrastructure System Lab)- 2026 Start (PHD)
ByteDance, San Jose, California, United States, 95199
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Research Scientist Graduate (Infrastructure System Lab) - 2026 Start (PHD) at ByteDance. Join to apply for the
Research Scientist Graduate (Infrastructure System Lab)- 2026 Start (PHD)
role at
ByteDance . 2 weeks ago Be among the first 25 applicants Responsibilities
About Team: With the fast growth of ByteDance's business, ByteDance's system infrastructure is currently at a massive scale and requires versatile system solutions. Our lab collaborates with HQ teams on advanced R&D projects, focusing on LLM/AI + Infrastructure technologies, which includes both infrastructure for LLM/AI and LLM/AI for infrastructure. To name a few, we are building a new cloud-native vector index library. Our TextToSQL project ranks top on well known industry benchmarks. We also work on advanced AIOps technologies that are used by our Volcano cloud products. Besides achieving great business impacts, we also encourage publishing on top tier conferences. In year 2025 alone, our lab published nearly 20 papers in top tier conferences, such as SIGMOD, VLDB, FSE, ICLR, EuroSys, WWW etc. We hire students with great technical skills, willingness to learn and solve complex technical challenges and passion in making an impact on millions of users. We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at ByteDance. Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2026. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume. Responsibilities: Do research surveys and come up with a new system and algorithm design. Develop new systems and successfully land them into production environments Be able to debug systems and measure system performance. Collaborate with mentors and other lab members. Write technical reports and publish papers. Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Computer Science or related fields Understand how distributed systems work, such as distributed storage and database systems. Great programming skill in one or more of the following programming languages: C/C++, Go, Java or Python Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment. Preferred Qualifications Strong past research experience in infrastructure system areas Research experience with AI and LLM Strong publication records Job Information
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Compensation Description (Annually): The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $136000 - $359000 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. For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues; Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and Exercising sound judgment. About Us: ByteDance was founded in 2012 to inspire creativity and enrich life. Why Join ByteDance, Diversity & Inclusion, and Reasonable Accommodation information are included in the original posting. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request Seniority level
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Research Scientist Graduate (Infrastructure System Lab) - 2026 Start (PHD) at ByteDance. Join to apply for the
Research Scientist Graduate (Infrastructure System Lab)- 2026 Start (PHD)
role at
ByteDance . 2 weeks ago Be among the first 25 applicants Responsibilities
About Team: With the fast growth of ByteDance's business, ByteDance's system infrastructure is currently at a massive scale and requires versatile system solutions. Our lab collaborates with HQ teams on advanced R&D projects, focusing on LLM/AI + Infrastructure technologies, which includes both infrastructure for LLM/AI and LLM/AI for infrastructure. To name a few, we are building a new cloud-native vector index library. Our TextToSQL project ranks top on well known industry benchmarks. We also work on advanced AIOps technologies that are used by our Volcano cloud products. Besides achieving great business impacts, we also encourage publishing on top tier conferences. In year 2025 alone, our lab published nearly 20 papers in top tier conferences, such as SIGMOD, VLDB, FSE, ICLR, EuroSys, WWW etc. We hire students with great technical skills, willingness to learn and solve complex technical challenges and passion in making an impact on millions of users. We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at ByteDance. Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2026. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume. Responsibilities: Do research surveys and come up with a new system and algorithm design. Develop new systems and successfully land them into production environments Be able to debug systems and measure system performance. Collaborate with mentors and other lab members. Write technical reports and publish papers. Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Computer Science or related fields Understand how distributed systems work, such as distributed storage and database systems. Great programming skill in one or more of the following programming languages: C/C++, Go, Java or Python Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment. Preferred Qualifications Strong past research experience in infrastructure system areas Research experience with AI and LLM Strong publication records Job Information
For Pay Transparency
Compensation Description (Annually): The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $136000 - $359000 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. For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues; Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and Exercising sound judgment. About Us: ByteDance was founded in 2012 to inspire creativity and enrich life. Why Join ByteDance, Diversity & Inclusion, and Reasonable Accommodation information are included in the original posting. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request Seniority level
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Full-time Job function
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