Research Scientist Intern (Monetization Technology - Business Integrity) - 2027 Summer
Core
Building a next-generation content understanding system for TikTok monetization, focusing on intelligent moderation to reward high-quality user experience and advertiser value.
Role type
Research Scientist Intern (Monetization Technology - Business Integrity)
Builds
End-to-end automated moderation system with interpretable reasoning and intelligent remediation
Domain
Internet platforms, content moderation, monetization
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Machine learning, large language model methodology (pre-training, post-training/alignment, evaluation), Python, deep learning frameworks (PyTensor/TensorFlow), research problem formulation, experimental design
Preferred skills
Publications at top-tier venues, RLHF/post-training experience, reasoning capabilities, novel model architecture design, evaluation benchmark design, agentic systems, RAG pipelines, multimodal applications
Technologies
PyTorch, TensorFlow, LLMs, VLMs
Responsibilities
Design controlled experiments for moderation scenarios, develop scalable ML models for content understanding, translate research into real-world products
Seniority
Intern
