Research Scientist Intern (Trust and Safety - CV/NLP/Multimodal LLM) - 2027 Start (PhD)

TikTok
Seattle
Workplace: OnsiteInternshipFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningEducation: phdSkills: ["Analytical skills","Problem-solving","Logical thinking","Communication","Collaboration"]

Work with the Trust and Safety algorithm team to build and improve computer vision, multimodal, and NLP models that help identify content and behaviors violating community guidelines. Explore state-of-the-art model families and apply LLM methods to business scenarios like pre-training and few-shot learning. Optimize training frameworks for large-model performance while contributing to research and product-facing efforts as a 2027 PhD intern.

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Research Scientist Intern (Trust and Safety - CV/NLP/Multimodal LLM) - 2027 Start (PhD)

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Job Summary

Work with the Trust and Safety algorithm team to build and improve computer vision, multimodal, and NLP models that help identify content and behaviors violating community guidelines. Explore state-of-the-art model families and apply LLM methods to business scenarios like pre-training and few-shot learning. Optimize training frameworks for large-model performance while contributing to research and product-facing efforts as a 2027 PhD intern.
Location: Seattle
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Internship
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Intern level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop computer vision and multimodality models to recognize violating content on TikTok.
  • •Explore cutting-edge multimodal and computer vision large models.
  • •Apply LLM techniques to business scenarios such as pre-training, zero-shot/few-shot learning, and hard case mining.
  • •Continuously optimize the training framework to better adapt to large-model training.

Key Requirements

  • •PhD candidate in computer science or a related technical discipline.
  • •Research experience in at least one of: computer vision, multimodality, or LLM.
  • •Proficiency with at least one deep learning framework (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow).
  • •Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with logical thinking.
  • •Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Education:PhD / Doctorate
Skills:Analytical skillsProblem-solvingLogical thinkingCommunicationCollaboration
Tech Stack:Computer visionNLPMultimodalityLLMPyTorchTensorFlowCLIPCOCAALBEFBLIPFlamingoViT-GViT-22BEVA-enormous

Company Brief

TikTok
Short-form video platform that lets users create, share, and discover entertainment content through algorithmic recommendations. It also offers advertising and creator tools for brands, influencers, and businesses.
Industry: Digital Media
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 2016
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