Research Scientist Graduate (Business Integrity) - 2027 Start (PhD)

TikTok
Singapore
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningEducation: phdSkills: ["Self-motivation","Independent research direction-setting","Cross-disciplinary communication","Research-to-production translation"]

Build research that advances business integrity AI, including foundation models and frontier generative technologies for agentic scenarios. Conduct deep study of LLM/MLLM capabilities, post-training paradigms, reinforcement learning alignment (e.g., PPO/GRPO/RLHF), and autonomous decision-making. Work on multimodal agent perception using diffusion/flow matching, define next-gen AIGC/agent evaluation systems, and translate research into production-ready engines while publishing influential work.

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Job Summary

Build research that advances business integrity AI, including foundation models and frontier generative technologies for agentic scenarios. Conduct deep study of LLM/MLLM capabilities, post-training paradigms, reinforcement learning alignment (e.g., PPO/GRPO/RLHF), and autonomous decision-making. Work on multimodal agent perception using diffusion/flow matching, define next-gen AIGC/agent evaluation systems, and translate research into production-ready engines while publishing influential work.
Location: Singapore
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Graduate level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Research foundation models and frontier generative technologies, exploring capability boundaries of LLMs and multimodal large models for agentic scenarios.
  • •Conduct in-depth work on post-training paradigms and reinforcement learning alignment, including tool use, CoT reasoning, long-horizon planning, and approaches such as PPO/GRPO and RLHF.
  • •Lead algorithmic innovation for agentic AI, covering agentic reinforcement learning, logical reasoning and planning, long-term memory mechanisms, and knowledge injection.
  • •Define and build evaluation systems for next-generation AIGC and agent systems, addressing problems like long-tail generalization, interpretability, and multimodal alignment in real-world commercial settings.
  • •Continuously track and lead the technical frontier in AI to strengthen the team’s technical influence and publish influential research.],
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Key Requirements

  • •Completing or recently completed a PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, or a related discipline.
  • •Strong academic foundation in natural language processing, computer vision, reinforcement learning, or fundamentals of machine learning, with theoretical insight into large model/agent architectures.
  • •Published high-quality papers as a main author in top AI conferences/journals (e.g., NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, ACL, CVPR, ICCV), with preferred outcomes in complex reasoning, RL alignment, long-horizon planning, or multimodal generation.
  • •Solid mathematical foundation and strong algorithm prototyping skills, including proficiency in frameworks such as PyTorch.
  • •Sharp academic intuition and self-motivation; able to independently define research directions, communicate across disciplines, and drive research-to-production translation.
Education:PhD / Doctorate
Skills:Self-motivationIndependent research direction-settingCross-disciplinary communicationResearch-to-production translation
Tech Stack:PyTorch

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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