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