About the role#
The algorithm team develops advanced computer vision, NLP, and multimodality models to protect the platform and users from content that violates community guidelines. As a Research Scientist Intern, you will contribute to the development of content understanding models and optimize distributed training frameworks to support large-scale model development.
What you'll do#
- Develop computer vision or multimodality models to recognize violating content.
- Explore cutting-edge multimodal or computer vision large models, including CLIP, COCA, ALBEF, BLIP, Flamingo, ViT-G, ViT-22B, and EVA-enormous.
- Research the application of large language models in business scenarios, such as pre-training, zero-shot and few-shot learning, and hard case mining.
- Continuously optimize training frameworks to better adapt to the requirements of large models.
What you'll need#
- PhD candidate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical discipline.
- Research experience in computer vision, multimodality, or large language models.
- Proficiency with at least one deep learning framework, such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, logical thinking, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Published papers in top AI conferences or journals, such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NIPS, ICML, ICLR, TPAMI, or IJCV, are a plus.
Location & details#
- Location: San Jose, California.
- Term: Fall 2026.
- Modality: On-site.
- Status: Full-time paid internship.
About TikTok
TikTok operates as an entertainment provider. The company maintains a global presence with offices in cities including Los Angeles, Singapore, New York, London, and Tokyo. It employs over 92,000 people. The organization is privately held.
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