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TikTok · 21 hours ago

Research Scientist Intern (Monetization GenAI) - 2026 Start (PhD)

United States

Internship

Remote

Intern

$60/hr - $60/hr

Start in 2026

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Research Scientist Intern to join their Generative AI team under Monetization Technology. The role involves advancing technology in large language models and multimodality generative model architectures, and collaborating with applied machine learning teams to ship new generative models into ad production.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Work on research in advancing technology in large language model or multimodality generative model architectures

Research, implement and evaluate novel machine learning algorithms on generative models

Collaborate with applied machine learning teams and infrastructure teams to ship new generative models into ad production

Qualification

PhD in Computer ScienceMachine Learning AlgorithmsMultimodality Foundation ModelsResearch PublicationsCollaboration Skills

Required

Currently pursuing a PhD in computer science, machine learning, or similar fields

Hands-on experience of developing multimodality foundation models and work or internship experience in an AI research organization is a plus

Strong publications record in top conferences or journals (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, etc)

Benefits

Interns have day one access to health insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year)

Housing allowance

Company

TikTok

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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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