Research Scientist, Generative AI - San Jose

San Jose, California, US Until 8/22/2026 3+ years exp H-1B sponsor history First posted March 29, 2026 Last posted May 13, 2026
Job description

Description

Team Intro:
Intelligent Creation team focuses on conducting cutting-edge research and development in the area of Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, and particularly Generative AI. We continuously transfer innovative technologies to TikTok products, and inspire TikTok users' creativity. We are looking for talents at all levels to join us on this exciting journey!

Responsibilities:
• Conduct cutting-edge research and development in computer vision, generative AI and other related fields;
• Transfer advanced technologies to TikTok products;
• Explore new products with artificial intelligence technology at its core.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications
1. 3+ years of research and practical experience in one or more areas of computer vision, including but not limited to (preferring candidates with publications in the venues such as CVPR, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, NeurIPS):
- Generative models, diffusion models, GAN
- Image and video synthesis/manipulation/editing, multi-modality, vision and language
- Generative human, neural motion synthesis
- Image and video understanding
- Human modeling (2D and 3D pose estimation, hand pose estimation, human shape estimation), facial analysis
2. Highly competent in algorithms and programming; Strong coding skills in C/C++ and Python.

About this role

Summary

Conduct research in computer vision and generative AI, transfer tech to TikTok products.

Job title

Research Scientist, Generative AI

Experience level

3+ years

Minimum experience

3+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

San Jose, remote possible

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

C++Pythonresearch experiencegenerative modelsimage and video understanding

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

computer visiongenerative aidiffusion modelsGANvideo synthesis
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

San Jose, CA, USA

Hybrid City