Graduate AI Infra Research Engineer

Job Description

Job Description: Graduate AI Infra Research Engineer (2026 Onboarding)

About the Team

The Compute division at ByteDance focuses on building large-scale and highly available cloud infrastructure. This infrastructure supports both public cloud products, such as VolcEngine ECS service, and ByteDance’s internal products. The Compute-US team is specifically dedicated to the development and research of the compute infrastructure platform.

Job Summary

We are seeking talented individuals to join our team as Graduate AI Infra Research Engineers, with an onboarding date by the end of 2026. This is an exceptional opportunity for recent graduates to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth within ByteDance. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite.

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

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

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience with at least one of the following areas:
  • LLM training infra, including optimizations for various post-training workloads such as RL training, knowledge distillation, etc.
  • LLM inference infra, including inference engine performance improvements, more 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, demonstrated enthusiasm for AI technologies, and a 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.
• Having top-tier CS conference publications such as OSDI or MLSys.

Job Information

Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $136,800 – $259,200 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, 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

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

Founded in 2012, ByteDance’s mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance’s mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life – a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an “Always Day 1” mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

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.

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