Student Researcher - (Seed Model - Multimodal Interaction & World Model) – 2026 Start (PhD)
ByteDance · San Jose
Big Tech AIonsiteintern$177k
At a glance
Highlights
- Develop models with human-level multimodal understanding and interaction.
- Build unified frameworks integrating video, audio, and language reasoning.
- Explore world modeling and instruction-conditioned visual generation.
What they offer
- Day one access to health insurance, life insurance and wellbeing benefits
- 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time
- Housing allowance for eligible interns not working 100% remote
Ideal candidate
A curious PhD researcher driven by human-level multimodal intelligence who enjoys hands-on experimentation, collaboration with experts, and turning cutting-edge research into real assistant products.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline
- Publications in leading AI/ML venues such as CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML
- Strong research background in reinforcement learning, multimodal learning, video understanding, or vision-language modeling
- Must obtain and maintain work authorization in the country of employment
- visa sponsorship
- No sponsorship or immigration-related benefits provided
- hiring process
- Applications reviewed on a rolling basis; clearly state availability with start and end dates in resume.
Lab profile
About ByteDance
Global technology company building AI-powered entertainment, content, and enterprise platforms including TikTok.
What they build
- TikTok
- Douyin
- CapCut
Known for
- Large-scale recommendation systems
- Generative AI and foundation models
- Global consumer platforms at scale
Key facts
- Founded in 2012
- Headquartered in Beijing, China
- 150,000+ employees globally
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