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

What you'll do

• Conduct generative AI and multimodal model research and development.
• Develop large-scale LLMs/VLMs through post-training techniques.
• Build models for TikTok creative applications and explore new AI-driven product opportunities.

What they ask for

• Completing or recently completed a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Proficiency training generative AI or large models using PyTorch or JAX.
• Strong programming skills and solid machine-learning fundamentals.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Research background in generative AI, LLMs/VLMs, or ML systems; hands-on experience in image/video generation and editing, model fine-tuning or optimization, or reinforcement learning.
• Research publications at conferences such as CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, SIGGRAPH, or SIGGRAPH Asia.

Tools

PyTorch, JAX, LLMs/VLMs, SFT, RL, RLHF, DPO, GRPO

AI focus

Applied generative AI research: multimodal and agentic foundation models, image and video generation and editing, large-scale training and post-training, efficient model architectures, and reinforcement learning for creative workflows.