TikTok

Research Scientist - Generative AI Graduate (Intelligent Creation) - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD)

TikTok$162K — $316K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • PhD candidates or recent graduates in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
  • Strong programming skills in Python/C++
  • Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills
  • Proficient in algorithms and programming methods
  • Experience in Generative AI, multimodal foundation models, or Embodied AI is preferred
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly
  • First-author publications in top-tier conferences such as CVPR, ICLR, NeurIPS, SIGGRAPH, or ICML

Responsibilities

  • Develop a diverse, large-scale, interactive multi-modal data generation pipeline
  • Create training pipelines for long-context interactive video generation models
  • Enhance video generation capabilities for long-horizon temporal consistency and realistic interactions
  • Investigate new AI-driven products focusing on generative technology
  • Collaborate with teams on research and development of multimodal solutions
  • Engage in applied research for creative content generation
  • Contribute to advancing intelligent solutions for user content engagement

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage
  • Life insurance
  • Wellbeing benefits
  • 10 paid holidays and 10 paid sick days per year
  • 17 days of Paid Personal Time (with tenure-based increases)
Full Job Description
Responsibilities We are looking for talented individuals to join our team. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by the end of the year. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume. About the Team The Intelligent Creation - Global GenAI team focuses on applied research in Generative AI, and delivers intelligent solutions to Tiktok, enabling users to make and share creative content in a much easier way. The team has research groups dedicated to multimodal foundation models for content creation, image/video generation and editing, efficient modeling, and world models. Responsibilities - Develop large-scale, diverse, and interactive multi-modal data generation pipeline. - Develop training pipeline for long-context interactive video generation models. - Advance video generation models to capture long-horizon temporal consistency, realistic physical dynamics, object interactions, and causal relationships from large-scale multi-modal data. - Explore new products with artificial intelligence technology at its core. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: - Individuals who are completing or recently completed a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline. - Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills - Highly competent in algorithms and programming; Strong coding skills in Python/C++. Preferred Qualifications: - Experiences in broad GenAI, multimodal foundation models, or Embodied AI areas. - Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts and collaborate effectively within cross-functional research teams - Proven track record of first-author publications in prestigious venues including CVPR, ICLR, NeurIPS, SIGGRAPH, and ICML Job Information [For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $162000 - $316800 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units. Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure). The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

About TikTok

TikTok is a social media app that allows users to create and share short videos. The app was launched in 2016 by Chinese tech company ByteDance. TikTok has become one of the most popular social media apps in the world, with over 1 billion active users. The app has been downloaded over 2 billion times worldwide. TikTok has faced controversy over its data privacy practices and its potential ties to the Chinese government. In 2020, the app faced a potential ban in the United States, but a deal was reached with Oracle and Walmart to create a new company called TikTok Global.
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1,750 employees
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2012

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