Your browser does not support javascript! Please enable it, otherwise web will not work for you.

Senior Research Engineer

Home > Python programming jobs

Senior Research Engineer in USA

  • ByteDance
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Seattle, WA

Responsibilities

  • Conduct research and development applying AI and machine learning techniques to database management systems.
  • Develop algorithms for query planning, indexing, storage management, workload prediction, and scheduling.
  • Collaborate with data infrastructure and engineering teams to integrate AI models into production systems.
  • Analyze large-scale database workload datasets to identify optimization opportunities.
  • Publish findings in conferences and journals such as VLDB, SIGMOD, ICDE, and NeurIPS.
  • Contribute to open-source projects or internal tools supporting AI-enhanced databases.

Requirements

  • PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field focused on databases, systems, or machine learning.
  • Strong publication record in accredited venues related to AI for databases, including SIGMOD, VLDB, ICDE, or NeurIPS.
  • Strong background in database internals, such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, modern cloud-native databases, or Big Data platforms.
  • Hands-on experience with machine learning frameworks such as XGBoost, LightGBM, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn.
  • Preferred proficiency in Python, C++, or Java.
  • Preferred experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud database platforms.
  • Preferred familiarity with LLMs, reinforcement learning, neural architecture search, or automated database tuning.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Benefits

  • Opportunities to publish research, contribute to open source, and attend leading conferences.
  • Competitive compensation and strong research support.
  • Work on production systems deployed at scale and used by millions.

Salary: Competitive

ByteDance

ByteDance is a global incubator of platforms at the cutting edge of commerce, content, entertainment and enterprise services - over 2.5bn people interact with ByteDance products including TikTok. Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This...

Similar positions

Research Scientist - Machine Learning

  • ISEE
  • Full time
  • USA
  • 09/13/2026
  • Remote

Software Engineer in Test

  • Roadie
  • Full time
  • USA
  • 09/13/2026
  • Salary: Competitive
  • Remote

Principal Software Engineer - Builder Experience

  • Elastic
  • Full time
  • Remote
  • 09/13/2026
  • Salary: €73k-€116k
  • Greece

Principal Software Engineer - Builder Experience

  • Elastic
  • Full time
  • Remote
  • 09/13/2026
  • Salary: zł 369k-zł 584k
  • Poland

Senior Devops Engineer

  • Woliba
  • Full time
  • USA
  • 09/13/2026
  • Remote

Listings

by


Job Type

Language

Country

CodingJobBoard.com © 2026