Generative AI Research Lead

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 254,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok's Intelligent Creation Team leads AI research in computer vision, graphics, and audio‑video technology, delivering core capabilities and industry solutions across TikTok's products and external partners.

We seek a researcher with 3+ years in CV and experience with diffusion models or GANs, plus strong Python and C/C++ skills, who can work independently and translate research into product features.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of research and practical experience in computer vision.
• Generative model customization, especially diffusion models and GANs.
• Multimodal and controlled image/video generation by text, audio, video.
• Publications in top venues preferred (CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, SIGGRAPH).
• Strong coding skills in C/C++ and Python; able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Conduct cutting-edge research and development in computer vision and machine learning, focusing on generative AI.
• Transfer advanced technologies to the company's products.
• Explore new products with artificial intelligence technology at its core.

Skills

Computer vision

Generative AI

Python

C/C++

Independent work

Research experience

Job description

TikTok's Intelligent Creation Team leads AI research in computer vision, graphics, and audio‑video technology, delivering core capabilities and industry solutions across TikTok's products and external partners.

We seek a researcher with 3+ years in CV and experience with diffusion models or GANs, plus strong Python and C/C++ skills, who can work independently and translate research into product features.