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Responsibilities
About the team Seed Global Data is a team focused on producing international data for LLMs. For the training of large models, data is the lifeline of model quality — and the Global Data team is working closely with technical, product, and operations teams to ensure effective data production strategies and execution management. As a key member of Seed Global Data team, you'll be at the heart of our operations. This role focuses on advanced evaluation, training, and project execution related to annotating/training Large Language Models (LLMs) with diverse data sets. You will leverage your expertise to devise complex projects and contribute to strategic decisions that drive our data operations and research forward. Key Responsibilities and Duties: - Evaluation Work: Conduct comprehensive analysis and evaluation of AI models. Apply advanced knowledge and judgment to assess model performance and develop insights. Mentor and guide internal colleagues and external partners on specific topics, ensuring the quality and relevance of the evaluation process. - Reporting: Write detailed reports that document and communicate findings from evaluation work. Develop specialized skills in our data and content domain, and use this expertise to enhance the quality and depth of model training and evaluation outputs. - Documentation and Project Support: Draft and manage training guidelines and casebooks for specific projects and tasks. Support project coordination, offering flexible availability to accommodate discussion meetings with global teams. - Project Execution: Deliver high-quality annotation work to create SFT and RLHF data independently with limited supervision. Ensure that all project tasks are executed with a strong focus on quality and efficiency and take ownership of casebooks and guideline updates for scaled annotation.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: - Advanced proficiency in English with exceptional writing and analytical skills. - Comfortable working in a project-based, fast-paced environment, adaptable to rapidly evolving quality standards driven by research and experimentation. - Strong ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion while effectively contributing to a highly collaborative team. - Broad exposure to AI tools and platforms; comfortable working in spreadsheet applications. Preferred Qualifications - Over 2 years of experience in research, consulting, teaching, writing, or equivalent roles. Prior experience in RLHF annotation at AI/LLM companies strongly preferred. - Proven self-driven work ethic and demonstrated ability to lead and mentor junior team members in process and project execution. - Deep interest in LLMs, human behavior, and user experience, coupled with a strong enthusiasm for continuous learning and engaging with diverse case studies and global teams. - Strong working proficiency in AI platforms and Python automation (scripts/notebooks, APIs), enabling faster, more reliable data workflows across evaluation/training and research. Note: This role requires a test prior to interviews.
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】 Compensation Description (Hourly)
The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $33.70- $56.03.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
About Doubao (Seed)
Founded in 2023, the ByteDance Doubao (Seed) Team, is dedicated to pioneering advanced AI foundation models. Our goal is to lead in cutting-edge research and drive technological and societal advancements.
With a strong commitment to AI, our research areas span deep learning, reinforcement learning, Language, Vision, Audio, AI Infra and AI Safety. Our team has labs and research positions across China, Singapore, and the US.
Why Join ByteDance
Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.
As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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.
Reasonable Accommodation
ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
