Research Scientist Intern – TikTok Search / Generative AI (LLM) - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD)
Core
Building a next-generation generative search system powered by large models to enhance search intelligence and user experience on TikTok.
Role type
PhD Research Intern (Generative AI / LLM)
Builds
AI-native search systems, generative search models, and multimodal understanding pipelines.
Domain
Internet / Search & Recommendation / Generative AI
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Machine learning, deep learning, information retrieval, LLMs, NLP, multimodal learning, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow
Preferred skills
Research experience (publications/open-source), large-scale data handling, model training, system implementation, search/recommendation/ads systems, agent-based systems
Technologies
LLMs, PyTorch, TensorFlow, multimodal models
Responsibilities
Develop AI search systems using large models, improve ranking and personalization, contribute to generative and multimodal search models, explore LLM-based approaches for complex queries, optimize retrieval and ranking performance at scale, prototype and evaluate solutions with cross-functional teams.
