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Research Scientist in Foundation Model (Speech & Audio Generation) - 2025 Start (PhD)

ByteDance
Seattle
Full-time

ResponsibilitiesFounded in 2023, ByteDance Doubao Team is dedicated to crafting the industry's most advanced LLMs. We aim to lead global research and foster both technological and social a long-term vision and a strong commitment to the AI field, the Team conducts research in a range of areas including natural language processing (NLP), computer vision (CV), and speech recognition and generation.

It boasts a robust international presence with labs and research facilities in China, Singapore, and the US. Leveraging substantial data and computing resources and through continued investment in these domains, our team has built a proprietary general-purpose model with multimodal capabilities.

This model supports over 50 downstream business services including Doubao, Coze, and Dreamina, which are available to enterprise customers via the Volcano Engine.

Currently, the Doubao App is the most used AIGC application in the China market. Why Join UsCreation is the core of ByteDance's purpose.

Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible.

Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity;

to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together.

That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us. Team Intro The Speech team's mission is to empower content interaction and creation using speech & audio related technologies.

The team focuses on cutting-edge R&D in areas like speech & audio, music processing, natural language understanding and multimodal deep learning.

The team builds AI training and inference systems based on GPUs and advances the state-of-the-art of AI system technologies to accelerate large audio / music language models.

The team is also responsible for the development of the complete engineering cycle of large models, including data preparing / processing, model training / evaluation / deployment, etc.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2024. As a graduate, you will get unparalleled opportunities for you to kickstart your career, pursue bold ideas and explore limitless growth opportunities.

Co-create a future driven by your inspiration with ByteDance. We will prioritize candidates who are able to commit to these start dates.

Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

We encourage you to apply early. Candidates can apply for a maximum of TWO positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you applied for.

The application limit is applicable to ByteDance and its affiliates' jobs globally. Responsibilities : ·Contribute cutting-edge research to ByteDance product evolution (, TikTok, Douyin, CapCut) to impact billions of users worldwide.

Work on advanced science and technology in audio processing and generation (, Speech Synthesis, Voice Conversion, Audio Codec Learning, Audio Language Modeling, etc.

Research, model, design, develop and evaluate novel machine learning models and algorithms.·Collaborate with globally based researchers and engineering teams in developing machine learning models and algorithms.

QualificationsMinimum Qualifications- PhD graduate with a background in computer science, machine learning, or similar fields.

Good knowledge of theoretical and empirical research in addressing research problems- Solid knowledge and experience with at least one popular deep learning framework (, PyTorch, TensorFlow) and familiarity with deep neural network architectures- Experience in both neural and non-neural, classical machine learning models and algorithms- Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.

Preferred Qualifications- Good presentation and communication skills- Research experience in one or more of the following fields : speech synthesis, audio generation, large language model, computer vision, generative models- Strong first-author publications record in top AI conferences or journals(, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL etc.

Proficient in C / C + +, Python, and shell programming languages, and have a deep understanding of data structure and algorithm design.

Internship experience in an AI research organization 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. ByteDance Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws.

If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation,

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