AI Research Scientist – Next-Gen Multimodal Search

TIKTOK PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok PTE. LTD. in Singapore seeks graduates to join the Search Team, building an AI-powered search engine and applying foundation models, NLP, CV, multimodal learning, and recommender systems.

Ideal candidates have a PhD or near completion in AI/CS/Engineering, with strong coding in C/C++ or Python and a drive for innovation. Onboarding is expected by end-2027, offering growth and collaboration on challenging, frontier-tech projects.

Qualifications

• PhD or near completion in AI, CS, or related technical discipline.
• Excellent coding skills in C/C++ or Python; strong ML/DL/LLM foundation.

Responsibilities

• Explore integration of foundation models with ranking algorithms for personalized search.
• Develop end-to-end generative search models based on multimodal pre-training.
• Research and prototype LLM-based agent tech to handle complex queries and multi-turn scenarios.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Machine Learning

Deep Learning

LLM

Education

PhD in AI/CS/Engineering

Job description

TikTok PTE. LTD. in Singapore seeks graduates to join the Search Team, building an AI-powered search engine and applying foundation models, NLP, CV, multimodal learning, and recommender systems.

Ideal candidates have a PhD or near completion in AI/CS/Engineering, with strong coding in C/C++ or Python and a drive for innovation. Onboarding is expected by end-2027, offering growth and collaboration on challenging, frontier-tech projects.