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Tencent · 3 days ago

Principal/Senior Researcher - Video Standards

positionPalo Alto, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$152K/yr - $211K/yr
date5+ years exp

Tencent is a leading company in multimedia technologies, seeking motivated researchers and engineers to join their team in the Bay Area. The role focuses on developing and optimizing algorithms for video compression and coding standards, including contributions to academic papers and industry standards.

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Responsibilities

Research, design, implement, and optimize novel algorithms/models that lead to improved video compression performance in future or existing codecs
Summarize the developed algorithms into academic papers, standard contributions and patent applications
Represent company in standard meetings and academic conferences

Qualification

Video compressionC/C++ codingVideo coding standardsHEVCVVCVP9AV1Learned image compressionResearch publicationsCollaboration skillsOut of box thinking

Required

Master degree in computer science, electrical engineering, math, statistics, or related fields
5+ years of related working experience
Publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences
Interest and experience in video compression and video coding standards
Strong coding skills in C/C++
Ability to communicate/collaborate with other researchers/engineers
Ability to think out of box

Preferred

Proven track record of making contributions to video coding standards
Good understanding of state-of-the-art video compression algorithms
Working experience on HEVC, VVC, VP9, AV1, AVS3
Working experience on Joint Exploration Model by JVET
Experience on learned image and video compression

Benefits

Performance bonus
Sign on payment
Relocation package
Restricted stock units
Other medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Company

Tencent

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Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services.
dateFounded in 1998
location
Shenzhen, Guangdong, CHN
people-size10001+ employees
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https://www.tencent.com/

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (3)
2024 (11)
2023 (2)
2022 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$13.84B
Key Investors
Lippo Group
2025-09-16Post Ipo Debt· $1.27B
2020-05-29Post Ipo Debt· $6B
2019-08-29Post Ipo Debt· $6.5B

Leadership Team

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Dowson Tong
Senior Executive Vice President of Tencent
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James Mitchell
Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Executive Vice President
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