Senior Research Scientist – Foundation Model – Speech Understanding
| Company | ByteDance |
|---|---|
| Location | Seattle, WA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Master’s or PhD in computer science, mathematics, engineering or related field
- 3+ years of experience in one or more areas of machine learning and deep learning, including but not limited to: Automatic Speech Recognition, Automatic Speech Translation, Speech/audio self-supervised learning and foundation models, Speaker recognition and verification, Speech emotion recognition, Multimodal foundation models, Large Language Model pre-training and fine-tuning.
Responsibilities
- Conduct cutting-edge research and development in speech/audio foundation models
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify key research areas and contribute to the development of innovative speech/audio models.
- Work with product development teams to integrate research findings into practical applications for ByteDance and other platforms.
- Collaborate on team-driven projects to address complex challenges and enhance the overall effectiveness of the research team.
Preferred Qualifications
- Publications in top-tier ML/DL venues such as NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, AAAI and speech venues such as ICASSP, ASRU, Interspeech
- Deep understanding of Large Language models
- Familiar with distributed computing and large scale model training
- Familiar with deep learning frameworks such as Tensorflow and Pytorch.
- Familiar with engineering principles and best practices.
- Highly competent in algorithms and programming; Strong coding skills in C/C++ and Python.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, multi-functional environments