ByteDance · 2 months ago
Senior Software Engineer - Efficient ML
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$137K/yr - $360K/yr
5+ years expByteDance is a leading technology company known for its innovative products like TikTok. The Senior Software Engineer will be part of the Vision Engineering Team, focusing on developing GenAI technologies to enhance user experience through efficient model training, optimization, and deployment.
ContentData MiningFoundational AIInternetSocial Media
Responsibilities
Develop algorithm acceleration technologies for text-to-image/text-to-video models through knowledge distillation, model architecture redesign (dynamic MoE routing/sparse attention), and parameter-efficient design (low-bit quantization) to achieve order-of-magnitude efficiency gains
Lead generative model innovation with focus on diffusion acceleration (sampling step reduction/latent optimization), autoregression model efficiency
Collaborate cross-functionally to identify performance bottlenecks, optimize vision models via algorithmic breakthroughs, and enhance ByteDance's product capabilities
Qualification
Required
B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in Computer Science or related fields with 5+ years of software development experience
Proficient in C++/Python and high-performance coding
Expertise in diffusion models (Stable Diffusion/DiT) with deep understanding of computational bottlenecks and optimization methodologies
Proven experience in 1 domain: model compression (quantization/knowledge distillation), efficient architectures (MoE/sparse attention), generative alignment (RLHF/DPO)
Excellent communication and teamwork skills, capable of thriving in a fast-paced work environment
Preferred
Kaggle competition achievements, publications at ICML/NeurIPS/CVPR, or open-source contributions (e.g., HuggingFace Diffusers optimization)
Research experience in GenAI /MLsys areas
Familiarity with open source deep learning frameworks such as Pytorch/DeepSpeed/Jax etc
Benefits
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
10 paid holidays per year
10 paid sick days per year
17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)
Company
ByteDance
ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services.
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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Leadership Team
Jochen Bischoff
Head of Global Business Solutions - Africa
Matty Lin
General Manager, Global Business Solutions, KR
Recent News
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