TikTok
Research Scientist Graduate (Monetization Technology - Business Integrity) - 2027 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Automation, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical discipline; completed or expected within 12 months.
About the job
Build an end-to-end content moderation system for TikTok monetization, supporting accurate decisions, interpretable reasoning, and automated remediation.
What you'll do
- Develop moderation capabilities intended to exceed human performance.
- Conduct research and experiments to address challenges in content understanding and moderation.
- Translate machine learning research into real-world products.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in a listed or related technical discipline; completed or expected within 12 months.
- Research experience in at least one listed area, demonstrated through publications, thesis work, internships, or projects.
- Understanding of LLM pre-training, post-training/alignment, and evaluation, with ability to review and reproduce recent research.
- Proficient in Python and at least one deep learning framework, such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
Nice to have
- Publications at top-tier venues or equivalent research evidence.
- Experience with RLHF/post-training, reasoning, model architecture design, evaluation benchmarks, agentic systems, RAG, multimodal applications, or research deployed in production.
Tools
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow
AI focus
Research and build large-model-based content moderation, including accurate rejection decisions, interpretable reasoning, and intelligent remediation.
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