Research Scientist Intern (TikTok-Privacy Innovation Lab-Multimodal Generative Model) - 2026 Start (PhD)

This internship is based in San Jose, California.

Compensation:

$60/hour

Responsibilities:

Participate in the architecture design and optimization of next-generation text-to-image and text-to-video models, focusing on:

• Developing and optimizing generative models
• Implementing architecture improvements and model designs
• Collaborating with engineers for efficient implementations

Qualifications:

• Pursuing a PhD in Computer Science or related field
• Understanding of Diffusion and Transformer-based architectures
• Proficiency in PyTorch and experience with large-scale models