# Research Engineer - Ads Integrity

Source: https://realanalystjobs.com/job/research-engineer-ads-integrity-tiktok-6ee1cd1e
Research Engineer - Ads Integrity at TikTok, an on-site role based in San Jose, California, USA. First seen on RealAnalystJobs on 15 November 2026, read from TikTok's own careers page (TikTok), which RealAnalystJobs re-checks daily and removes the role when it closes. TikTok has approved H-1B petitions on USCIS record (employer-wide, not a promise for this role).

Updated 15 November 2026.

## Key facts

- Company: [TikTok](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/tiktok)
- Location: San Jose, California, USA
- Work mode: On-site
- First seen: Nov 15, 2026
- Employment type: Full time
- Source: TikTok's careers page (TikTok), re-checked daily

## Visa sponsorship

The posting does not say.

TikTok had H-1B petitions approved for 454 workers in fiscal year 2026 (USCIS). That is history, not a promise for this role. [See the record](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/tiktok#h1b-record)

## About this role

Our Business Integrity team has a strong user focus and a dedication to technical excellence. We aim to meet our users’ needs with reliable and high-performing platforms and services. We are looking for strong machine learning engineers who are excited to grow their business understanding, build highly scalable machine learning models, and partner across disciplines with global teams, in pursuit of excellence. Given the fast growth of TikTok in the world, we are working on building a next-generation content understanding system for TikTok monetization. We are seeking Research Engineers who are experienced in machine learning, which can help us create an ecosystem that rewards high quality user experience and advertiser value.

Why Join Us?
1. Work on cutting-edge AI research with real-world impact in a fast-growing tech ecosystem.
2. Collaborate with world-class researchers and engineers to push the boundaries of generative AI.
3. Competitive compensation, flexible work culture, and opportunities for rapid career growth.

Responsibilities
1. Research and develop cutting-edge generative AI technologies, including LLMs, multimodal models (text/image/video), and deepfake detection/synthesis, optimizing performance across pre-training, SFT, RLHF, and AI safety.
2. Design and deploy AIGC solutions for content understanding and monetization in ads, e-commerce, short video, and live streaming, building next-gen AI-driven ecosystems.
3. Advance LLM-based agents with reinforcement learning, enabling autonomous reasoning, planning, and interactive capabilities for real-world applications.
4. Improve efficiency of large-scale model training and inference, exploring techniques like distillation, quantization, and speculative decoding for scalable deployment.
5. Collaborate cross-functionally to productionized research breakthroughs, ensuring robustness, low-latency, and cost-effective AI services.
6. Stay ahead of industry trends, contributing to patents, publications, and open-source projects in generative AI.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or related fields (or equivalent industry experience)
- Solid transferrable experience in deep learning, NLP, and generative models (LLMs, diffusion models, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with large-scale model training, RLHF, and multimodal learning
- Proficiency in PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow, and familiarity with distributed training frameworks

Preferred Qualifications:
- Publications at top-tier conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, CVPR, etc.) are a plus
- Knowledge of AI safety, alignment, and adversarial robustness
- Experience in building agentic systems with reinforcement learning.
- Strong engineering skills for deploying models at scale.

Description from TikTok's public careers feed, reproduced so you can read the role here. Apply on the company's own site; Real Analyst Jobs never submits anything for you.

## How to apply

Open [this role on Real Analyst Jobs](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/research-engineer-ads-integrity-tiktok-6ee1cd1e) and use Apply now there to reach the employer's application. The listing is re-checked against TikTok's careers page daily and removed when it closes.

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