Hiring: Tech Lead, Intelligent Editing (Multimodality) Company: TikTok Location: Seattle, WA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-15 18:57:19 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Multimodal Understanding, Vision and Language, Large-Scale Training, RLHF, Video Highlight Detection, Audio/Music Understanding, Image/Video Captioning, Retrieval, VQA, Language Models, Intelligent Editing, Deep Learning, Graphics, Speech, Recording and Editing, Special Effects, Client and Server Engineering Experience: - Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering - At least 5 years of research and practical experience in one or more areas of computer vision - Experience in multimodal understanding (e.g., video highlight detection and slicing, audio/music understanding) - Experience in vision and language (e.g., image/video captioning, retrieval, VQA) - Experience with language models applied to downstream tasks, especially intelligent editing - Experience in large-scale training and RLHF - Experience implementing and optimizing complex, performance-critical systems - Preferred: Experience managing or tech-leading a team in a fast-paced environment with a record of shipping technologies to products Required Skills: - Cutting-edge research and development in computer vision and machine learning - Multi-modal understanding, vision and language, large-scale training - Transferring advanced technologies to company products - Exploring new AI-centric products - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Qualifications: - Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering - 5+ years of research and practical experience in computer vision or related areas - Proven expertise in multimodal understanding, vision and language, language models, and large-scale training/RLHF - Strong track record of implementing and optimizing performance-critical systems - Preferred: Publications in venues such as CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, ACL, EMNLP, COLING - Preferred: Team management or tech-leading experience Compensation: - Base salary range: $241,680 - $456,000 annually - Compensation may vary based on qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location - Eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives and restricted stock units - Day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits - 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year, 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!