Senior Research Scientist, Intelligent Editing (Multimodality)

ByteDance - Seattle, WA

Hiring: Senior Research Scientist, Intelligent Editing (Multimodality) Company: ByteDance Location: Seattle, WA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-11 18:05:17 Target Skills & Keywords : AI, C, C++, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Express, Machine Learning, Make, Python About the job Experience: •3 year of research and practical experience in one or more areas of computer vision, including but not limited to: •At least 3 year of research and practical experience in one or more areas of computer vision, including but not limited to: Required Skills: •About the team •The Intelligent Creation Team is the AI, special effects, and audio-video creation technology team, responsible for the core technology and business development. It covers a variety of technical fields, including deep learning, computer vision, graphics, speech, recording and editing, special effects, client and server engineering, and provides cutting-edge content understanding, content creation, interactive experience, and consumption capabilities and industry solutions to other business lines within the company and external partners in various forms. •Conduct cutting-edge research and development in computer vision and machine learning, especially in the areas of multi-modal understanding, vision and language, large-scale training, etc. •Transfer advanced technologies to ByteDance products; •Explore new products with artificial intelligence technology at its core. Qualifications: •Minimum Qualifications •At least 3 year of research and practical experience in one or more areas of computer vision, including but not limited to: •Experience in multimodal understanding, such as video highlight detection and slicing, audio/music understanding, etc. •Experience in vision and language, such as image/video captioning, retrieval, VQA, and other related fields. •Experience with language models and apply them in various downstream tasks, especially for intelligent editing. •Experience in large-scale training and RLHF. •Preferring candidates with publications in venues such as CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML or ACL, EMNLP, COLING, etc •Highly competent in algorithms and programming; Strong coding skills in C/C++ and Python. •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 Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!