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Research Intern – Video World Models (Research & ML Systems)

US-California-Palo Alto · Intern · Internship

Sponsorship not specified$80k-$125kDetected 7 days ago
PythonFull-Stack DevelopmentMachine LearningPyTorchNLPLLMsResearch

About the role

  • Our goal is to train models that can simulate and "dream" complex virtual worlds, allowing users and agents to explore and interact with them in real time.
  • Training interactive world models at this scale requires pushing the limits of modern computing power.
  • We operate at the intersection of cutting-edge generative AI research and high-performance machine learning systems.

Responsibilities

  • Architect & Scale Foundation Models: Design, train, and scale state-of-the-art interactive world models (combining Diffusion, Autoregressive Transformers, VAEs, LLMs, VLMs) on massive video datasets.
  • Optimize for Efficiency: Profile and optimize model architectures to break through memory and compute bottlenecks. Write high-performance, custom hardware kernels to maximize Model FLOPs Utilization (MFU) and enable real-time, low-latency inference.
  • Design, train, and scale state-of-the-art interactive world models (combining Diffusion, Autoregressive Transformers, VAEs, LLMs, VLMs) on massive video datasets.

Nice to have

  • Experience with GPU kernels using CUDA and/or Triton is a great plus.
  • Engineering Skills: Exceptional, production-level coding proficiency in Python or other languages.

Skills

  • Exceptional, production-level coding proficiency in Python or other languages.
  • Background in competitive programming is a great plus.
  • Location State(s)
  • US-California-Palo Alto
  • The expected base pay range for this position in the location(s) listed above is $80,168.40 to $124,800.00 per year.
  • Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

Compensation

  • The expected base pay range for this position in the location(s) listed above is $80,168.40 to $124,800.00 per year.
  • Actual pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.This position will be eligible for 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked and up to 13 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

Benefits

  • Thorough theoretical and practical understanding of modern generative paradigms (Diffusion, Vision Transformers, Autoregressive sequence modeling, discrete tokenization/VAEs).
  • Academic Excellence: Currently pursuing a PhD (or Master's degree with a truly exceptional research/engineering track record) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computer Architecture, or a related field.
  • AI Infrastructure & Scaling: Experience with modern AI infrastructure stack and large-scale machine learning systems, such as PyTorch FSDP, Megatron, etc.
  • Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, full-time interns are also eligible to enroll in the Company-sponsored medical plan.

Equal opportunity

  • As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community.
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