Research Scientist, Multimodal Generative AI (Intelligent Creation)– Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program -2027 Start (PhD)
Core
Building next-generation multimodal and agentic foundation models for intelligent, efficient, and end-to-end creative workflows on the TikTok platform.
Role type
Research Scientist, Multimodal Generative AI
Builds
Large-scale foundation models (LLMs/VLMs) and agentic systems for image/video generation and editing
Domain
Generative AI, Multimodal AI, Video/Image Generation
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
PhD in CS/SE/Software Development, Generative AI model training (PyTorch/JAX), Machine Learning fundamentals, Large-scale model post-training (SFT, RL), Model architecture design, Reinforcement learning techniques
Preferred skills
Research publications in top-tier AI conferences (CVPR, NeurIPS, etc.), Experience with VLM/LLM fine-tuning, Efficient model optimization, RLHF/DPO/GRPO methods
Technologies
PyTorch, JAX, LLMs, VLMs
