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Research Engineer - Foundation Models, Ads Integrity

San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026

Experience
5+ years of industry research experience (or equivalent).
Education
PhD or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.

About the job

Leads research and production development of generative AI and foundation-model systems for TikTok monetization and content understanding.

What you'll do

  • Lead research in generative AI and foundation models, including text generation, multimodal understanding, deepfakes, and efficient training and inference.
  • Design and deploy scalable AIGC solutions for ads, e-commerce, short video, and live streaming.
  • Guide researchers and engineers, partner across teams to productionize models, and contribute to research through patents, publications, or open-source work.

What they ask for

  • PhD or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • Deep expertise in AIGC algorithms, such as LLMs or diffusion models, and a record of scaling models from research to production.
  • Strong background in NLP (text generation, RLHF) or multimodal learning (vision-language models).
  • Proficiency in PyTorch/JAX, distributed training, and inference optimization; ability to set technical direction and collaborate across teams.

Nice to have

  • Experience with AI safety, alignment, or adversarial robustness in generative models.
  • Familiarity with reinforcement learning for autonomous agents or large-scale recommender systems.

Tools

LLMs, diffusion models, NLP, RLHF, vision-language models, PyTorch/JAX

AI focus

Generative AI and foundation-model research and deployment for content understanding and monetization, including text generation/translation, multimodal understanding, deepfake synthesis/detection, efficient training and inference, and scalable AIGC systems.

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)