Senior Interactive Vision Model Researcher

L&Q OASIS LIMITED; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 91,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Tencent is seeking a senior researcher to advance video generation foundations, focusing on diffusion models, autoregressive techniques, and large-scale training with PyTorch. You will lead end-to-end projects, publish results, and drive innovation across multi-frame-rate video modeling.

Applicants should have a Ph.D. in AI-related fields with top-tier publications and a strong track record in academic or industry R&D. This role emphasizes cutting-edge research and scalable system design.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in AI-related fields with first-author papers at top-tier conferences.
• Proficient in diffusion models and autoregressive generation principles and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design and iterate on next-generation video generation foundation architecture.
• Explore core technologies for long video generation, including long-context attention and memory mechanisms.
• Research high-compression-ratio video tokenizers and unified modeling for multi-resolution videos.
• Lead video pre-training at large token scale with data mixture and curriculum learning.
• Explore Scaling Laws, define scientific scale-up paths, and improve model capabilities.
• Track industry state-of-the-art, run comparative experiments, influence roadmap decisions, and publish papers.

Skills

Diffusion models

Autoregressive generation

PyTorch

Large-scale distributed training

Video generation

Education

Ph.D. in AI-related fields

Tools

PyTorch

Distributed training frameworks

Job description

Business Unit LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS is made up of passionate players who advance the art & science of game development through great stories, great gameplay, and advanced technology. We are focused on bringing next generation experiences to gamers who want to enjoy them anywhere, anytime, across multiple genres and devices.

About the Hiring Team

Lightspeed Tech Center is a R&D department under Lightspeed Studios which develop PUBG Mobile and other high-quality games. Our Tech Center leads the research, exploration, and discovery of innovative technologies and provides technical services for all games during all phases of life cycle, including engine, audio, QA, AI, next generation game, technical cooperation, etc.

What the Role Entails

• 1. Design and iterate on the next-generation video generation foundation architecture.
• 2. Explore core technologies for long video generation, including long-context attention, KV Cache compression, and memory mechanisms.
• 3. Research high-compression-ratio video tokenizers and advance unified modeling capabilities for multi-resolution and multi-frame-rate videos.
• 4. Lead video pre-training at large token scale, defining data mixture and curriculum learning strategies.
• 5. Explore Scaling Laws, define scientific scale-up paths, and continuously improve key model capabilities.
• 6. Track industry state-of-the-art , lead comparative experiments, drive technical roadmap decisions, and publish academic papers.

Who We Look For

• 1. Ph.D. in AI-related fields with first-author papers at top-tier conferences.
• 2. Proficient in the principles and engineering implementation of diffusion models and autoregressive generation.
• 3. Experience training video/image generation models from scratch; highly proficient in PyTorch and large-scale distributed training.
• 4. Deep understanding of the design trade-offs in Video VAE/Tokenizers, with 3+ years of relevant research experience.
• 5. Publications related to video generation or diffusion models.
• 6. Experience in core industry product R&D or hands-on experience with the latest technologies is preferred.
• 7. Experience leading end-to-end video foundation model projects is preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.

Who we are

Tencent is a world-leading internet and technology company that develops innovative products and services to improve the quality of life for people around the world.

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.