ByteDance expands US AI team with nearly 100 openings

A recruiting drive for roughly 100 roles has been posted, focused on the company’s AI unit known internally as Seed. The listings span technical and research functions and are aimed at strengthening capabilities across model training, generative media and scientific applications.

Open job descriptions highlight work on training data pipelines for language models, tools that produce text, images and video, and research to create more human-like model behavior. They also call for engineering aimed at building science-facing models that could accelerate tasks like molecular design and drug discovery.

Seed now operates labs beyond China, and these openings emphasize hiring in the United States, signaling a geographic push to tap talent where top AI teams are concentrated. Recruiting is visible on the company’s careers portal and lists roles with varied seniority and specialization.

This hiring spree comes amid ongoing debate about the national security implications of foreign-owned tech firms operating advanced AI research centers in the US. Policymakers and regulators have previously flagged potential risks tied to data flows and intellectual property, themes that now intersect with ByteDance’s expansion.

For competitors, the move increases pressure in the talent market: engineers and researchers may face new opportunities that swap incumbents for a firm with deep expertise in content and model deployment. For the lab ecosystem, it represents additional investment in applied AI research focused on multimodal generation and life-science modeling.

• Hiring count: approximately 100 open positions.
• Primary technical themes: LLM data work, generative text/image/video, scientific models.
• Geographic footprint: active labs and recruitment across multiple regions with a clear US hiring emphasis.