Lead Researcher, Large Language Models/LLM, TikTok
Core
Lead the incubation and development of next-generation, high-capacity Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance user experiences across TikTok's content moderation, search, and recommendations.
Role type
Senior IC Researcher (LLM)
Builds
State-of-the-art foundation models (LLM, VLM, Omni Models) and inference-efficient model designs for TikTok business applications.
Domain
Artificial Intelligence / Large Language Models
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
LLM pretraining, multi-modality LLM, reinforcement learning based alignment, efficient training and inference, model architecture design, data processing, experiments design, cross-functional project planning, academic-industry insight extension
Preferred skills
Inference tuning and acceleration, GPU/AI accelerator expertise, large scale AI networks, distributed computing framework & performance tuning, PEFT, RL, MoE, CoT, Langchain, LLM application & agent development, long context research
Technologies
Python, Rust, C++, PyTorch, DeepSpeed, Megatron, vLLM, PyTorch 2.0
Responsibilities
Define short and medium term objectives for LLM solutions, design methods and tools to push state-of-the-art, explore new model architectures for business impact, implement projects with cross-functional teams, extend insights from industry to academia
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC