Student Researcher [Seed LLM Horizon – Multi-turn Tool Use] - 2026 Start (PhD) jobs in United States
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ByteDance · 2 weeks ago

Student Researcher [Seed LLM Horizon – Multi-turn Tool Use] - 2026 Start (PhD)

positionUnited States
timeInternship
remoteRemote
seniorityIntern
money$60/hr - $60/hr
workcardStart in 2026

ByteDance is a leading technology company committed to inspiring creativity and enriching life. They are seeking passionate and self-driven researchers for their Seed LLM Horizon Team to contribute to cutting-edge research in agent intelligence and model development.

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Responsibilities

Enable models to perform deep usage of professional tools (e.g., search, code-interpreter) to solve complex problems
Develop approaches to generalize model abilities to millions of out-of-distribution (OOD) tools and scenarios
Scale up multi-turn tool-use training tasks and explore effective training methods
Address challenges of long-horizon, multi-turn tasks in reinforcement learning

Qualification

Reinforcement LearningLLM AgentsDeep Learning FrameworksIndependent ResearchMulti-turn TasksTool UsePublications in ML/AICollaboration SkillsFast-paced Environment

Required

Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related field
Research experience in one or more of the following: reinforcement learning, LLM agents, memory systems, tool use, or interactive learning
Strong coding skills and proficiency with modern deep learning frameworks
Demonstrated ability to conduct independent research, with publications in top-tier ML/AI conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP etc

Preferred

Experience with long-horizon reasoning, multi-turn tasks, or asynchronous agent behavior
Familiarity with agent evaluation, personalization, or real-world tool integration
Background in building or analyzing large-scale agent training pipelines
Ability to collaborate effectively in a fast-paced, research-driven team environment

Benefits

Day one access to health insurance
Life insurance
Wellbeing benefits
10 paid holidays per year
Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year)
Housing allowance

Company

ByteDance

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ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services.
dateFounded in 2012
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Beijing, Beijing, CHN
people-size10001+ employees
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http://bytedance.com

H1B Sponsorship

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2023 (775)
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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$9.8B
Key Investors
Capital TodayG42Tiger Global Management
2025-11-20Secondary Market· $300M
2024-07-25Secondary Market
2023-03-14Secondary Market· $100M

Leadership Team

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Jochen Bischoff
Head of Global Business Solutions - Africa
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Matty Lin
General Manager, Global Business Solutions, KR
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