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Senior Research Engineer, AI Agents for Creation Tools

TikTok
San Jose, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Feb 2026

About the role

We are building the next generation of AI-native creation tools powered by intelligent AI agents. Our mission is to transform how people create by embedding agentic AI directly into creative workflows—from AI-powered camera effect generation to AI-driven video editing and storytelling.



Our team operates at the intersection of AI research, systems engineering, and creative product development, translating advances in agentic AI into scalable, real-world creation tools used by millions of creators. We work closely with product and design partners to ensure that sophisticated AI systems result in simple, powerful, and intuitive creative experiences.



Responsibilities

- Research and develop agentic AI systems for creative tools

- Design agent architectures for planning, reasoning, memory, and multimodal interaction

- Build training, evaluation, benchmarking, and experimentation pipelines for agent systems

- Integrate large language models and generative models into end-to-end agent workflows

- Prototype new agent capabilities and validate them in real user scenarios

- Collaborate with engineering teams to productionize research-driven systems

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