Tencent · 3 months ago
Vision Researcher – Multimodal Understanding & Generation in Foundation Models
Bellevue, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$122K/yr - $230K/yrTencent is a leading technology company seeking a Vision Researcher to drive cutting-edge research in multimodal foundation models. The role involves collaborating with researchers, exploring large model training, and contributing to impactful research outcomes.
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Responsibilities
Serve as a domain expert in computer vision and collaborate with researchers from other modalities to drive cutting-edge research in native multimodal foundation models, including novel architecture design and modeling for “2D + time” and “3D + time” scenarios
Explore the training and design of large models for understanding and generating representations of the physical world, multimodal reasoning, and self-evolving continual learning
Stay up to date with the latest advancements in academia and industry; actively participate in international conferences and workshops, and engage with leading global research teams
Contribute impactful research outcomes to the open-source community or transfer technologies to internal product teams
Qualification
Required
Master's or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, or a related field
Proven multi-modal research experience in relevant areas, with familiarity with state-of-the-art technologies and a strong publication record in top-tier conferences or journals such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, or ICML
Proficiency with mainstream open-source tools and frameworks relevant to the field, and strong engineering skills to support research implementation
Strong team spirit and ability to collaborate across disciplines, excellent communication skills, intellectual curiosity, and a goal-oriented, problem-solving mindset
Preferred
Candidates with influential GitHub projects or contributions to high-impact open-source communities are preferred
Benefits
Sign on payment
Relocation package
Restricted stock units
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life and disability benefits
Participation in the Company’s 401(k) plan
Up to 15 to 25 days of vacation per year
Up to 13 days of holidays throughout the calendar year
Up to 10 days of paid sick leave per year
Company
Tencent
Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services.
Founded in 1998
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$13.84BKey Investors
Lippo Group
2025-09-16Post Ipo Debt· $1.27B
2020-05-29Post Ipo Debt· $6B
2019-08-29Post Ipo Debt· $6.5B
Leadership Team
Dowson Tong
Senior Executive Vice President of Tencent
James Mitchell
Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Executive Vice President
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