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Research Scientist Graduate (Seed Model - Vision) - 2027 Start (PhD)

San Jose, California, United StatesFull-timePosted Oct 10, 2026

Job description

About the team

The Seed Vision team focuses on foundational models for visual generation, developing multimodal generative models, and carrying out leading research and application development to solve fundamental computer vision challenges in GenAI.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by the end of the year. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and scale vision foundation models across image and video modalities.
  • Design data pipelines, pre-training strategies, and post-training methods for vision tasks.
  • Improve core capabilities such as perception, reasoning, and multimodal understanding.
  • Optimize model architectures, training efficiency, and evaluation frameworks.
  • Explore real-world applications of vision models in multimodal systems.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Individuals who are completing or have recently completed a PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
  • Excellent coding ability, data structures, and fundamental algorithm skills, proficient in C/C++ or Python, etc.
  • Experience with computer vision, multimodal learning, or large-scale model training.
  • Strong understanding of deep learning architectures and training methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proven research experience through impactful papers or projects.
  • Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

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