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TikTok · 1 day ago

(General Hire) Research Scientist Graduate - TikTok Recommendation - 2026 Start (PhD)

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$137K/yr - $259K/yr

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Research Scientist Graduate to empower genAI and content understanding in their business. The role involves conducting research and development in cutting-edge fields like computer vision and natural language processing, focusing on building scalable models and achieving business metric gains.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Conducting development and research on cutting-edge CV, NLP, multi-modality, LLM, generative modeling

Following SoTA progress in relevant fields and transform the ideas into production

Life-cycle model development, from model training, deployment, maintenance, till its use in business scenarios

Qualification

PhD in relevant fieldComputer visionNatural language processingDeep learning frameworksDeep neural network architecturesAnalytical skillsPublications in top-tier venuesProblem solving skillsCollaborative skills

Required

PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, or a related field

Experience in one of more areas of computer vision, natural language processing and machine learning

Solid knowledge and experience with at least one major deep learning framework (e.g. PyTorch, Tensorflow, MXNet, Caffe/Caffe2)

Familiar with deep neural network architectures such as transformer/SSM/CNN/RNN/LSTM etc

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams

Preferred

Degree in computer science, electrical engineering or related fields

Authors with publications in top-tier venues such as SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan with company match

Paid parental leave

Short-term and long-term disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)

Company

TikTok

Glassdoor3.4

TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.

Founded in 2003

Los Angeles, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.tiktok.com

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