Research Lead, Large Language Model(Foundation Model) Job at TikTok, San Jose, CA

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  • TikTok
  • San Jose, CA

Job Description

Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including 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 imaginations 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:
Responsible for the research and application of the company's large-scale models, exploring new applications and solutions for related technologies in the fields of search, recommendation, advertising, content creation, and customer service, to meet the growing demand for intelligent interactions from users and comprehensively improve their way of life and communication in the future world. The main job directions include:
1. Lead the design, development, and optimization of systems to the extreme for our Large Language Models.
2. Data construction, instruction tuning, preference alignment, and model optimization;
3. Implementation of relevant applications, including content generation, reasoning, code generation, etc.;
4. In-depth research and exploration of more usage scenarios in future life.

Qualifications

1. Excellent coding ability, data structures, and fundamental algorithm skills, proficient in C/C++ or Python, winners of competitions such as ACM/ICPC, NOI/IOI, Top Coder, Kaggle, etc. are preferred;
2. Familiar with NLP, CV-related algorithms, technologies, and familiar with large-scale model training and RL algorithms are preferred;
3. Candidates who have led influential projects or papers in the field of large-scale models are preferred;
4. Excellent problem analysis and solving skills, able to deeply solve problems in large-scale model training and application;
5. Good communication and collaboration skills, able to explore new technologies with the team and promote technological progress.

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.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at [redacted].

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