LLM algorithm research scientist (Code AI)

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile

video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok

has global offices including San Jose, Los Angeles, New York,

London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and

Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Creation

is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help

imagination thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make

TikTok possible.

Together, we inspire creativity

and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards

achieving every day.

To us, every challenge, no

matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and

to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage?

Always.

At TikTok, we create together and grow

together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company,

and the communities we serve.

Join

us.

About The Team : The

mission of the TikTok Eng-AI Innovation Center is to explore

cutting-edge AGI technologies, including but not limited to LLM,

multi-modal LLM (video / image / audio / text / code), etc., to let machine

better understand user creations on Tiktok platform. Regarding to

video / image / audio / text, enhanced content understanding can bring

better user experience of searching, recommendation, and can more

accurately identify and defend internet abuse and fraud on our

platform. Regarding to code, our developed LLM aims to

automatically re-organize / optimize Tiktok codebase, and make the

code / coding become more accessible for Tiktok

engineers.

The main job directions

include :

• Drive core technology development for

large language model code direction, continuously optimizing code

comprehension, reasoning, and generation

capabilities.

comprehension, reasoning, and generation capabilities in real-world

production codebases, improving TikTok service code performance and

privacy compliance.

capabilities suitable for actual business production environments,

and improve TikTok R&D

efficiency.

Qualifications

PhD / Master's degree required, with top artificial intelligence

conference papers (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ACL, OSDI, NSDI, SC

and SigMOD, etc.) in machine learning (ML), computer vision (CV),

natural language processing (NLP) and other

fields.

structure and algorithm skills, proficient in C / C++ or Python

programming language, candidates with awards in ACM / ICPC, NOI / IOI,

Top Coder, Kaggle and other competitions are

preferred.

machine learning, especially in large language models (LLMs) and

generative artificial intelligence.

Preferred

Qualifications

solving skills, and passionate about solving challenging

problems.

communication skills and teamwork spirit.

TikTok

is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are

valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our

platform connects people from across the globe and so does our

workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and

bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating

our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the

many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope

you are too.