ByteDance · 2 weeks ago
Student Researcher [Seed Vision – AI Platform] – 2026 Start (PhD)
United States
Internship
Remote
Intern
$60/hr - $60/hrByteDance is a technology company dedicated to pioneering advanced AI foundation models. The Student Researcher role involves contributing to the Seed Vision AI Platform team by designing data processing pipelines and conducting research to enhance model training and evaluation.
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Responsibilities
Design and optimize data processing pipelines for large-scale image, video, and multimodal datasets used in model pretraining and fine-tuning
Conduct research on data deduplication, filtering, and quality evaluation to maximize training signal efficiency
Collaborate with model teams to close the loop between data characteristics and downstream performance
Explore data-centric machine learning methods, including synthetic data generation, dataset pruning, and active data selection
Build high-throughput systems for dataset tracking, versioning, and feedback-based iteration
Qualification
Required
Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Systems, or a related field
Research experience in data-centric ML, vision data pipelines, or training dataset optimization
Familiarity with deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) and data processing stacks (e.g., Spark, Ray, DALI)
Strong engineering skills in Python and/or distributed data systems
Preferred
Experience working with large-scale visual datasets (e.g., LAION, WebVid, ImageNet, Ego4D)
Background in data evaluation, synthetic data curation, or auto-labeling systems
Familiarity with vision foundation model pretraining workflows (e.g., CLIP, DINO, EVA, InternImage)
Understanding of data–model alignment loops and evaluation-driven dataset iteration
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
ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services.
Founded in 2012
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$9.8BKey Investors
Capital TodayG42Tiger Global Management
2025-11-20Secondary Market· $300M
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2023-03-14Secondary Market· $100M
Leadership Team
Jochen Bischoff
Head of Global Business Solutions - Africa
Matty Lin
General Manager, Global Business Solutions, KR
Recent News
2026-01-08
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