TikTok · 9 hours ago
Senior Research Engineer, AI Agents for Creation Tools
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$187K/yr - $360K/yr
3+ years expTikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. They are seeking a Senior Research Engineer to develop AI systems for creative tools that enhance user experience through intelligent AI agents integrated into creative workflows.
Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo
Responsibilities
Research and develop agentic AI systems for creative tools
Design agent architectures for planning, reasoning, memory, and multimodal interaction
Build training, evaluation, benchmarking, and experimentation pipelines for agent systems
Integrate large language models and generative models into end-to-end agent workflows
Prototype new agent capabilities and validate them in real user scenarios
Collaborate with engineering teams to productionize research-driven systems
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
3+ years of related industry experience
Strong background in AI agents, LLM systems, or multimodal AI
Experience with model training, evaluation, and experimentation workflows
Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or similar languages
Ability to translate research ideas into practical systems
Preferred
Research or applied experience with tool-use agents, coding agents, or autonomous task-execution agents
Experience studying or improving agent behaviors such as tool selection, planning with tools, code-based execution, or error recovery
Experience applying AI to creative domains such as camera effects, content creation, or video
Publications or applied research contributions in agentic or generative systems
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
TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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CEO
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