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Research Engineer - Ads Integrity
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or a related field (or equivalent industry experience).
About the job
Develop generative AI and machine learning systems for content understanding and monetization, and bring research into scalable production services.
What you'll do
- Research generative AI, including LLMs, multimodal models, and deepfake detection or synthesis; optimize training and safety.
- Design and deploy AI solutions for ads, e-commerce, short video, and live streaming, including LLM-based agents.
- Improve large-scale model training and inference, and productionize research with cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
- Experience in deep learning, NLP, and generative models such as LLMs or diffusion models.
- Hands-on experience with large-scale model training, RLHF, and multimodal learning.
- Proficiency in PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow, and familiarity with distributed training frameworks.
Nice to have
- Publications at top-tier conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, or CVPR.
- Knowledge of AI safety, alignment, and adversarial robustness; experience building reinforcement-learning-based agentic systems is also preferred.
Tools
LLMs, diffusion models, PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, RLHF
AI focus
Generative AI research and deployment for content understanding and monetization, including multimodal models, deepfake detection and synthesis, LLM-based agents, AI safety, and efficient training and inference.
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