AI Lab @ Bytedance
Title: Software/ML Engineer (with focus on Computer Vision, anomaly detection, deep learning, pattern recognition etc)
Location: AI Lab in Warsaw/ remote for projects in Beijing and San Francisco
Industry: Internet, Entertainment
Time to deliver: 10-14 days
The Challenge
Talent driven niche market of strong C++ engineers
An urgent need to build the European hub to scale the operations and offer support for SF and Beijing projects
Quick time to market speed for features
Very first office in Europe, very first non- Chinese hires
Complex hiring process with a Google-style interviews
The Solution
Targeted search from selected high profile companies
Targeted Linkedin Outreach campaign in addition to classic confidential outreach
Defined messaging and communication strategy for the outreach to attract entrepreneurial type of talent, great individual contributors
Focus on selected candidates with strong verifiable C++ skills and solid algorithm development skillset
Focus on selected candidates with migration to microservices experience
Focus on the mix of creativity, solid engineering skills and
The Results
Within a period of a year had presented, interviewed, and closed the offers for 6 talented engineers who joined the European AI lab of Bytedance and took on projects across computer vision, fraud analysis, data and infrastructure spaces.