TikTok

Research Scientist, Multimodal Generative AI (Intelligent Creation) – Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD)

TikTok  •  San Jose, CA (Onsite)  •  1 month ago
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Job Description

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2027. As a graduate, you will have the opportunity to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock your full potential. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at our Company. Successful candidates must be able to onboard by the end of 2027. Please clearly state your availability and expected graduation date in your resume.

About the Team

The Intelligent Creation – Global GenAI team focuses on applied research in Generative AI, delivering intelligent creation solutions for the TikTok platform. Our mission is to empower users to create and share high-quality content with ease. The team works on cutting-edge areas including multimodal foundation models, image and video generation and editing, efficient model design, and world models.

About the Role

With rapid advances in AGI and foundation models, multimodal content creation across text, image, and video is undergoing a fundamental transformation. This role focuses on building next-generation multimodal and agentic foundation models that enable intelligent, efficient, and end-to-end creative workflows.

You will work on full-modal understanding, AIGC-based image and video generation, and agentic systems, optimizing models through large-scale training and post-training (e.g., SFT, RL). The role also involves designing efficient model architectures and advancing reinforcement learning techniques to improve model capability, scalability, and real-world performance in creation scenarios.

Responsibilities

- Conduct research and development in generative AI and multimodal models (e.g., image, video).

- Develop large-scale foundation models (LLMs/VLMs), through post-training techniques.

- Design and build models for creative applications on the TikTok platform, driving end-to-end impact from research to production through cross-functional collaboration.

- Explore new AI-driven product opportunities and contribute to next-generation creative experiences.
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About TikTok

Inspire Creativity and Bring Joy

Industry
Arts & Entertainment
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
Year Founded
Unknown
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