TikTok
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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