ByteDance Seed is recruiting university talent through its Foundation Model Campus Recruitment programme. The graduate route targets bachelor’s, master’s and PhD candidates completing their studies between September 2026 and August 2027.
Research areas
The recruitment page identifies work across foundation models, visual and speech intelligence, machine learning systems, large-language-model applications and embodied intelligence. It seeks strong research and practical technical capability, curiosity and collaboration.
Graduate and internship routes differ
The separate internship route is intended for students graduating in September 2027 or later. Applicants should select the route matching their actual graduation date. This article focuses on graduate recruitment, not a general non-technical management scheme.
Selection and practical details
ByteDance says interviews normally involve three to five technical rounds and an HR interview, with arrangements varying by role. Candidates may participate in only one application process at a time. The overview does not give a universal salary, closing date or location; individual vacancies govern those details.
Build an application around technical evidence
Opportunities Feed application guidance: Select projects that show how you reason, test and learn. For a research-oriented role, explain the question you investigated, your method, the baseline you compared against and what the results did—and did not—demonstrate.
For systems work, a useful example might describe a measured bottleneck and how you evaluated an improvement. For a model-evaluation project, show how you chose tests and handled failure cases. Do not include confidential code, private data or unpublished work you do not have permission to share.
Keep your contribution clear when describing a group project or paper. A concise technical summary and a readable public repository, where appropriate, can make your work easier to assess. Check the vacancy’s degree level, location and work-authorisation requirements before treating the programme overview as evidence of eligibility.
Official recruitment information
Visit the ByteDance Seed Foundation Model Campus Recruitment page to review the graduate route and available application options. Programme questions can be directed to the contact listed there.
Checked on 27 September 2026. This is an existing recruitment initiative, not a claim that it first launched today. The cover is an independent editorial design.
