GenAI Research Scientist - Multimodal Video & AI

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 317,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Short-term and long-term disability

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a PhD-level researcher to advance GenAI and multimodal content creation. You will design large-scale data pipelines and training systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to push state-of-the-art video generation and multi-modal models.

Ideal candidates have publications in top venues and strong Python/C++ coding skills. This role focuses on innovative AI products and long-term research impact within a global team.

Qualifications

• PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills.
• Strong coding skills in Python and C++.
• Experience in GenAI or multimodal models is preferred.
• First-author publications in CVPR, ICLR, NeurIPS, SIGGRAPH, or ICML.

Responsibilities

• Develop large-scale, multi-modal data generation pipelines.
• Develop training pipelines for long-context interactive video generation models.
• Advance video generation models for long-horizon temporal consistency and realistic dynamics.
• Explore new products with AI technology at its core.

Skills

Python

C++

Collaboration

Education

PhD in CS / Software Engineering or related

Job description

TikTok is seeking a PhD-level researcher to advance GenAI and multimodal content creation. You will design large-scale data pipelines and training systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to push state-of-the-art video generation and multi-modal models.

Ideal candidates have publications in top venues and strong Python/C++ coding skills. This role focuses on innovative AI products and long-term research impact within a global team.