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AI Engineer jobs at ByteDance span large language models, recommendation systems, and content understanding at scale. The company has an established sponsorship process for this function, supporting H-1B visa, E-3 visa, and Green Card pathways for qualified candidates coming from outside the U.S. or transitioning from other visa categories.
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San Jose
Team:
Technology
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Code:
A74270
Responsibilities
We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2027. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at our Company.
Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2027. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.
Team Introduction: ByteDance Networking brings together innovative ideas and technologies from network architecture, software defined networking (SDN), network virtualization, switch software and hardware co-design, and high-speed networking, to create hyperscale data-center networking solutions that power several of the most popular apps of the world such as Douyin and TikTok which serve hundreds of millions of users around the globe.
ByteDance Networking is responsible for designing, building, and operating the global, intelligent network infrastructure to meet the requirements of high availability, scalability, and high-performance. By joining this team, you will gain marketable software development and/or network operation experiences in data center networking at massive scale.
Topic Content: With the large-scale adoption of LLMs and AI agents, traditional cloud-native infrastructure can no longer meet the ultra-high performance and elasticity requirements of AI workloads.
Network and Observability: Research intelligent fault localization and root cause analysis for large-scale AI clusters, combined with intelligent tuning of time-series databases to improve cluster stability.
This topic aims to build a next-generation AI-native infrastructure to support the deployment of LLMs and AI agents, improve resource utilization, reduce costs, support elastic scaling, and drive the technological evolution of AI infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implementation and deployment of high-speed network technologies to support AI/LLM applications.
- Design and development of platforms/systems for monitoring, analysis and diagnosis of large scale AI/LLM network.
- Research and development of high-performance AI communication framework, network protocol stacks, and codesign optimization of host-network-application to improve the scalability, reliability and performance of AI/LLM network.
- Building next generation AI network infrastructure supporting large scale heterogeneous network hardware with innovative and deployable solutions.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Individuals who are completing or recently completed a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficiency in computer network and network programming.
- Proficiency in one or several mainstream programming languages, including C/C++, Python, Go and so on.
- Be familiar with the latest advances in the area of high-speed network systems, including RDMA, congestion control, AI network optimization and so on.
- Experience in developing high performance communication frameworks (including NCCL, MPI and RPC libraries) is a plus.
- Experience in developing software systems for AI network diagnosis and performance optimization is a plus.
Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $212800 - $450000 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 may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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.
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; and
-
Exercising sound judgment.
About us
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
ByteDance 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, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Location:
San Jose
Team:
Technology
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Code:
A74270
Responsibilities
We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2027. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at our Company.
Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2027. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.
Team Introduction: ByteDance Networking brings together innovative ideas and technologies from network architecture, software defined networking (SDN), network virtualization, switch software and hardware co-design, and high-speed networking, to create hyperscale data-center networking solutions that power several of the most popular apps of the world such as Douyin and TikTok which serve hundreds of millions of users around the globe.
ByteDance Networking is responsible for designing, building, and operating the global, intelligent network infrastructure to meet the requirements of high availability, scalability, and high-performance. By joining this team, you will gain marketable software development and/or network operation experiences in data center networking at massive scale.
Topic Content: With the large-scale adoption of LLMs and AI agents, traditional cloud-native infrastructure can no longer meet the ultra-high performance and elasticity requirements of AI workloads.
Network and Observability: Research intelligent fault localization and root cause analysis for large-scale AI clusters, combined with intelligent tuning of time-series databases to improve cluster stability.
This topic aims to build a next-generation AI-native infrastructure to support the deployment of LLMs and AI agents, improve resource utilization, reduce costs, support elastic scaling, and drive the technological evolution of AI infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implementation and deployment of high-speed network technologies to support AI/LLM applications.
- Design and development of platforms/systems for monitoring, analysis and diagnosis of large scale AI/LLM network.
- Research and development of high-performance AI communication framework, network protocol stacks, and codesign optimization of host-network-application to improve the scalability, reliability and performance of AI/LLM network.
- Building next generation AI network infrastructure supporting large scale heterogeneous network hardware with innovative and deployable solutions.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Individuals who are completing or recently completed a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficiency in computer network and network programming.
- Proficiency in one or several mainstream programming languages, including C/C++, Python, Go and so on.
- Be familiar with the latest advances in the area of high-speed network systems, including RDMA, congestion control, AI network optimization and so on.
- Experience in developing high performance communication frameworks (including NCCL, MPI and RPC libraries) is a plus.
- Experience in developing software systems for AI network diagnosis and performance optimization is a plus.
Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $212800 - $450000 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 may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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.
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; and
-
Exercising sound judgment.
About us
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
ByteDance 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, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
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Tailor your portfolio to ByteDance's AI stack
ByteDance's AI Engineer roles lean heavily on large-scale recommendation systems, generative AI, and real-time inference. Frame your projects around distributed training, model optimization, or ranking systems rather than general machine learning work.
Identify roles explicitly flagged for sponsorship
Not every AI Engineer opening at ByteDance will proceed to visa filing. Filter for postings that explicitly list H-1B or E-3 sponsorship eligibility. Migrate Mate lets you search and filter ByteDance listings by verified visa type.
Clarify your visa category before the offer stage
ByteDance sponsors multiple visa types, and which one applies to you affects your timeline. If you're on OPT, confirm whether the role qualifies for a cap-gap extension before your offer letter is finalized, not after.
Prepare for a specialty occupation documentation request
USCIS requires that H-1B petitions demonstrate a direct connection between your degree field and the AI Engineer role. Have transcripts, course descriptions, and any credential evaluations ready before your employer's immigration counsel begins drafting the petition.
Understand ByteDance's PERM exposure for long-term stay
If your goal is permanent residence through EB-2 or EB-3, ByteDance will need to run a PERM labor certification through DOL before filing your immigrant petition. That process typically takes one to two years, so the earlier you raise this with your manager, the better.
Account for internal transfer timing on L-1 to H-1B moves
ByteDance has global offices, and some candidates transfer from non-U.S. entities. If you're moving from a ByteDance affiliate abroad, the internal transfer path and an H-1B cap filing can run in parallel, but USCIS timelines must align with your start date.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does ByteDance sponsor H-1B visas for AI Engineers?
Yes. ByteDance sponsors H-1B visas for AI Engineer roles and has a consistent track record of doing so across its U.S. entities, including TikTok. The company works with immigration counsel to file cap-subject petitions each April and supports premium processing in cases where start dates are time-sensitive. Confirming sponsorship eligibility at the recruiter screen stage is the cleanest way to avoid surprises later.
How do I apply for AI Engineer jobs at ByteDance?
Applications go through ByteDance's careers portal, where AI Engineer roles are listed by team and U.S. location, primarily in Mountain View, Seattle, and New York. You can also find and filter ByteDance's visa-sponsoring AI Engineer openings directly on Migrate Mate, which surfaces only roles where sponsorship has been confirmed. Expect a multi-round technical process covering machine learning system design, coding, and behavioral interviews.
Which visa types does ByteDance commonly use for AI Engineer roles?
ByteDance sponsors H-1B and H-1B1 visas for most international AI Engineer hires, with E-3 available for Australian citizens. For candidates already in the U.S. on OPT or STEM OPT, the company typically files an H-1B petition during the annual cap lottery. Longer-term, ByteDance supports EB-2 and EB-3 Green Card sponsorship for engineers who remain with the company, processed through DOL's PERM labor certification system.
What qualifications does ByteDance expect for AI Engineer roles?
Most AI Engineer postings at ByteDance require a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, electrical engineering, or a closely related field. Practical experience with large-scale model training, recommendation systems, or inference optimization carries more weight than general software engineering background. For H-1B purposes, your degree field needs to align directly with the role's duties, so a specialized academic background in machine learning or AI strengthens both your candidacy and the petition.
How do I time my H-1B filing if I'm currently on OPT at ByteDance?
If ByteDance hires you while you're on F-1 OPT, your employer must submit your H-1B registration during the USCIS lottery window in March for an October 1 start date. If your OPT expires before October 1 and your registration is selected, the cap-gap rule automatically extends your work authorization until your H-1B takes effect. Coordinate with ByteDance's immigration team early in Q1 to make sure your registration is filed on time.