Senior Software Engineer / Researcher, AI-Native database systems
ByteDance
Seattle
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 2+ yearsSkills: ["Collaboration","Problem-solving","Self-direction"]Build and own next-generation AI-native database systems that serve as reasoning engines, retrieval platforms, and real-time memory for AI agents. Architect storage engines and scalable distributed vector search with low latency, and develop AI-augmented query processors using LLMs for semantic parsing and cost estimation. Collaborate across research, engineering, and product teams to deliver RAG infrastructure, agent memory backends, and innovations like learned indexes and self-optimizing databases.

