Tencent · 5 months ago
AGI Model Architect / Research Scientist in AGI Model Architecture
Bellevue, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$135K/yr - $253K/yrTencent is committed to building the core architecture for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) systems that match or surpass human-level capabilities. As a key contributor to their core R&D team, the role involves developing large-scale models with multimodal perception, autonomous learning, and reasoning abilities to drive their generalization to real-world applications.
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Responsibilities
Design unified large model architectures with integrated capabilities in multimodal perception, reasoning, memory, and generation (across vision/audio/text)
Build systems that support continual learning, hierarchical memory, autonomous exploration, and self-evolution
Advance the development of agent-based systems with autonomous task planning, cross-modal interaction, tool usage, and self-improvement capabilities
Contribute deeply to the design of core components such as general representation learning, synchronized audio-visual modeling, world models, and sparse modeling
Qualification
Required
Expertise in Transformer-based architectures and their applications in language and multimodal domains
Hands-on experience in building or optimizing billion-scale models; familiar with training paradigms such as SFT (Supervised Fine-tuning), RLHF (Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback), and self-supervised learning
Strong engineering and system thinking capabilities, with the ability to translate cutting-edge research into production-level AGI model systems
Preferred
Deep understanding or practical experience in one or more of the following areas: Multimodal models (e.g., vision-language models, audio-video models)
Reinforcement learning and autonomous agent systems
Complex reasoning and planning (e.g., search + LLMs, world modeling)
Sparse modeling and dynamic routing mechanisms
Publications in top-tier conferences/journals such as NeurIPS, ICLR, CVPR, ACL, etc., are highly desirable
Benefits
Sign on payment
Relocation package
Restricted stock units
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life and disability benefits
Participation in the Company’s 401(k) plan
Up to 15 to 25 days of vacation per year
Up to 13 days of holidays throughout the calendar year
Up to 10 days of paid sick leave per year
Company
Tencent
Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services.
Founded in 1998
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Public CompanyTotal Funding
$13.84BKey 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
Dowson Tong
Senior Executive Vice President of Tencent
James Mitchell
Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Executive Vice President
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