Job Description

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

PICO is a leading VR/AR platform with independent innovation and R&D capabilities, focusing on VR all-in-one technology. PICO is committed to offering immersive and interactive VR experiences to our customers, including providing tailor-made solutions for our enterprise clients in the fields of education and healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Develop a variety of VR, MR and AR software prototypes for executive demos.
• Coding and developing a variety of XR applications by using Unity, Unreal or WebXR. Applications include but not limited to XR games, virtual characters, rigged animations, productivity applications, interactive entertainment, XR social media, interactive Ads, enterprise training, and other multiplayer applications. Delivery extremely smooth user experience. Envision future user interaction in XR worlds.
• Hands-on coding C/C++/C#/Python and improving a variety of system features in development. For example: Video-passthrough, eye-tracking, depth-reconstruction, motion tracking et al. Hands-on work on prototyping hardware-software coherent systems, for example: sensor fusion software and algorithms.
• Work closely with system and hardware engineers to deliver impressive demos and book innovative features into future hardware and software products.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science or Equivalent.
• History of publishing at least one iOS, Android or XR App in public App stores.
• Excellent experience in building, debugging, releasing XR applications or games in Unity.
• Excellent experience in Full-stack App-level software prototyping using C#/C++/Swift/Kotlin.
• Self-motivated to learn new skills on a daily basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in AI models and API interfacing state-of-the-art AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Voice, Text Analysis API by Google et al is a plus.
• Deep knowledge of image processing and computer vision algorithms is a plus. . Rich experience in algorithm development including digital-image-processing, digital-signal-processing, machine learning model-based computer vision processing is a plus.
• Rich experience in algorithms, including but not limited to depth understanding, 3D reconstruction, object detection, human-computer interaction, segmentation and recognition, motion understanding, gesture recognition, space anchoring et al.

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 accommodation, please reach out to us at nehamehrotra@bytedance.com

Job Information:

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $102000 - $210000 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.

We Offer The Following Benefits To Eligible Employees

At ByteDance/TikTok our benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support ByteDancers to give their best in both work and life.

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off(PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.