ByteDance

Responsibilities

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Helo, and Resso, 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 Us

At ByteDance, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for millions of users across all of our products. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at ByteDance.

About Team

Our AVG Team’s mission is to promote cutting-edge research in multimedia (including, but not limited to image/video data processing, compression and transmission), and to transfer technologies into our products for better serving our hundreds of millions of users. We are looking for exceptional individuals from all area of multimedia processing/compression/transmission, who have a track record of research excellence, a passion to shape the future of multimedia processing, and the potential to become an outstanding leader in the field.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop commercial image and video codecs for 2D/3D video, Multiview video, 360-degree video, point cloud, light filed, et al.
• Design and develop encoding and decoding framework and optimization algorithms for various usecases
• Research and develop visual quality-oriented video coding and processing algorithms
• Prepare encoder/decoder interface documentations
• Participate in the design and implementation of self-developed transmission protocols

Qualifications

Qualifications (Must-Haves)

• Bachelor’s degree or above in computer science/electrical engineering/mathematics/statistics and related disciplines
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, software design) and problem-solving skills
• Good understanding of the state-of-art compression/transmission algorithms
• Excellent programming, debugging, and optimization skills in one or more general-purpose programming languages including but not limited to: C/C++
• Collaborative mindset, with solid written and verbal communication skills

Qualifications (Nice-to-Haves)

• Experience in development of image/video related applications, such as live streaming, video conference, offline transcoding
• Experience in software codec development
• Experience in international standardization work
• Familiar with one of the video compression standards, e.g., AVS/H.264/H.265/VVC/AV1 and its reference software
• Familiar with SIMD/NEON, and multi-threading design
• Familiar with Neural Network-based image/video coding and processing
• Rich experience in multimedia standards (e.g., for image/video compression, file format, system, transport)
• Publications in top academic conferences or journals in the subject

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.

ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please reach out to us at grey.liu@bytedance.com