Research Scientist Intern (TikTok-Recommendation-Content Intelligence) - 2026 Start (PhD)

TikTok

4.5

(6)

San Jose, CA

Why you should apply for a job to TikTok:

  • 4.5/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.5/5 in supportive management
  • 100% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 100% would recommend this company to other women
  • 100% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Employee well-being is supported via hybrid work, short-term counseling through our EAP and a premium subscription to Headspace.
  • We embrace diversity across all dimensions and provide employees with 9 employee resource groups globally, including our WOMEN ERG.
  • Comprehensive parental leave policy as well as fertility treatment through healthcare providers with a $20,000 lifetime maximum.
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    Position summary

    tting-edge CV, NLP, multi-modality, LLM, generative modeling

    • Following SoTA progress in relevant fields and transform the ideas into production
    • Life-cycle model development, from model training, deployment, maintenance, till its use in business scenarios.

    Qualifications

    Minimum Qualifications:

    • Currently pursuing PhD Degree.
    • Experience in one of more areas of computer vision, natural language processing and machine learning.
    • Solid knowledge and experience with at least one major deep learning framework (e.g. PyTorch, Tensorflow, MXNet).
    • Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Degree in computer science, electrical engineering or related fields.
    • Graduating December 2025 onwards with the intent to return to degree program after the completion of the internship.
    • Authors with publications in top-tier venues such as SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR.

    Why you should apply for a job to TikTok:

  • 4.5/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.5/5 in supportive management
  • 100% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 100% would recommend this company to other women
  • 100% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Employee well-being is supported via hybrid work, short-term counseling through our EAP and a premium subscription to Headspace.
  • We embrace diversity across all dimensions and provide employees with 9 employee resource groups globally, including our WOMEN ERG.
  • Comprehensive parental leave policy as well as fertility treatment through healthcare providers with a $20,000 lifetime maximum.