[Remote] Student Researcher [Seed LLM - Code Generation] – 2026 Start (PhD)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ByteDance is a pioneering company dedicated to advanced AI foundation models. The Seed LLM Code Generation Team is looking for a PhD intern to enhance coding capabilities through research and development in AI, focusing on code generation and reinforcement learning. Responsibilities Develop methods for code generation and editing using large language models, including improving performance on tasks such as synthesis, repair, documentation, and test generation Conduct research on self-evolving agents that can learn to write, edit, and optimize code over time with minimal supervision Explore multi-agent reinforcement learning settings where agents collaborate, compete, or communicate to solve complex programming tasks Investigate instruction tuning, multi-turn prompting, retrieval-augmented generation, and RL for program synthesis Build benchmarks and tools for evaluating model performance in code understanding, collaborative reasoning, and long-horizon programming scenarios Skills Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Programming Systems, or a related field Research experience in code generation, program synthesis, or LLMs for software engineering First-author publications in top venues such as NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, PLDI, or OOPSLA Familiarity with LLM toolchains (e.g., HuggingFace, PyTorch) and structured code/data handling Experience with reinforcement learning or agent-based learning in structured environments Background in multi-agent coordination, curriculum learning, or self-improving systems Understanding of software reasoning tasks such as static analysis, refactoring, or automated debugging Familiarity with open code benchmarks (e.g., HumanEval, MBPP, CodeContests, SWE-bench) Benefits Interns have day one access to health insurance Life insurance Wellbeing benefits and more Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year) Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance. Company Overview ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in Beijing, Beijing, CHN, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship ByteDance has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1350 in 2025, 1123 in 2024, 775 in 2023, 487 in 2022, 417 in 2021, 245 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.