About this role
Vision Language Models/VLM Research Scientist Graduate (Trust and Safety) - 2026 Start (PhD) at TikTok. Location: San Jose, California, United States. Role: enhancing models, designing architectures, collaborating teams Requirements: PhD in CS/Data Science/AI (completed or completing), proficiency in Python/Rust/C++ and deep learning frameworks, experience with LLM/VLM research, model pretraining and evaluation, and strong problem solving. Category: Research and Development (R&D) Seniority: Entry Level Tools: Python, Rust, C++, PyTorch, DeepSpeed, Megatron, vLLM, PyTorch 2.0, PEFT, RL, MoE, CoT, LangChain Commitment: Full Time Workplace: Onsite Languages: English