Research Scientist Graduate (Seed Multimodal Interaction and World Model) - 2027 Start

Team Overview The Seed Multimodal Interaction and World Model team is dedicated to developing models that have human-level multimodal understanding and interaction capabilities. The team is working to advance the exploration and development of multimodal assistant products. Responsibilities Develop multimodal foundation models integrating vision, language, audio, and environment signals. Design and optimize world models for reasoning, planning, and interaction. Build training pipelines including data curation, alignment, and reinforcement learning. Improve agent capabilities such as perception, memory, decision‑making, and tool use. Explore next-generation interaction paradigms between humans and intelligent systems. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field, with an expected graduation date in 2027 and the ability to commit to an onboarding date by the end of 2027. Excellent coding ability, data structures, and fundamental algorithm skills, proficient in C/C++ or Python, etc. Demonstrated interest or project experience in relevant areas. Preferred Qualifications: Experience in multimodal learning, reinforcement learning, or agent systems through internships is preferred. Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills. Compensation and Benefits Compensation: The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $212,800–$387,600 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units. 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, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure). The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice. Legal and EEO Statement For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates: Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems. Exercising sound judgment. #J-18808-Ljbffr ByteDance