Head of Research, Multimodality

2 weeks ago

Seattle, Washington, United States Tik Tok Full time
Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.

Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.

To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team.

Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.

About the Team
Our team's mission is to empower content understanding and creation using CV/NLP related technologies.

We focus on cutting-edge R&D in areas like multi-modal understanding, vision and language, foundation models, audio/music understanding and generation with an emphasis on content creation.

We are currently seeking a talented Research Head to lead our dynamic team, driving pioneering advancements at the intersection of multimodality, computer vision, natural language processing, and content creation technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Lead innovative research initiatives in computer vision and natural language processing.
  • Increase research visibility by publishing outcomes in academic journals and conferences.
  • Connect research findings with practical applications, integrating advancements into existing products.
  • Mentor and guide team members, fostering professional growth and collaboration.
Qualifications

  • Strong background in computer vision and natural language processing, specializing in multimodal understanding, visionlanguage fusion, largescale dataset handling, language model application, and audio/music understanding/generation.
  • Preferably with notable publications in prestigious conferences/journals like CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, EMNLP, ACL, COLING, showcasing significant contributions to the field.
  • Demonstrated leadership ability and collaboration skills.
  • Strong communication skills to convey complex ideas.
  • Capability to set strategic research directions aligned with organizational objectives.
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach.

We are passionate about this and hope you are too.


TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws.

If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at [redacted]

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