Research Scientist, Generative AI - San Jose

About the role

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.

Responsibilities

• Conduct cutting-edge research and development in computer vision, generative AI and other related fields;
• Transfer advanced technologies to TikTok products;
• Explore new products with artificial intelligence technology at its core.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of research and practical experience in one or more areas of computer vision, including but not limited to (preferring candidates with publications in the venues such as CVPR, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, NeurIPS): - Generative models, diffusion models, GAN - Image and video synthesis/manipulation/editing, multi-modality, vision and language - Generative human, neural motion synthesis - Image and video understanding - Human modeling (2D and 3D pose estimation, hand pose estimation, human shape estimation), facial analysis
• Highly competent in algorithms and programming; Strong coding skills in C/C++ and Python.

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless.

Job Information

• Compensation Description (Annually): The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $212800 - $450000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
• Benefits: Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
• TikTok Accommodation: 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 https://tinyurl.com/RA-request.