Research Scientist, ByteBrain Infrastructure Operation

Location:

Seattle

Team:

Infrastructure

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code:

A122886A

• Design and develop AI, machine learning, and optimization algorithms to improve the efficiency, reliability, and performance of large-scale infrastructure systems. Areas may include AIOps, operations research, software engineering, and system optimization.
• Drive the deployment, scaling, and continuous improvement of algorithms in production environments, supporting large-scale services.
• Identify optimization opportunities and emerging challenges from real-world infrastructure scenarios, translating them into impactful research and engineering solutions.
• Conduct cutting-edge research and publish high-quality papers in top-tier conferences and journals.

• Proven research track record with multiple publications in top-tier conferences or journals related to AI, machine learning, operations research, systems, or related fields.
• Deep expertise in AI, machine learning, and/or operations research, with hands-on experience in large-scale data analysis and algorithm development.
• Strong coding, implementation, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to bridge research and production systems.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Industry experience applying AI and optimization techniques to real-world infrastructure challenges, such as:

• AI data center supply chain optimization
• AI Ops and intelligent operations
• Software engineering productivity optimization
• Operations research and resource scheduling
• System tuning and performance optimization
• Large-scale infrastructure management and automation

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $153900 - $300960 annually.

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.

• 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.

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