Multimodal Games Research Scientist

Business Unit What the Role Entails Tencent Games was established in 2003. We are a leading global platform for game development, operations and publishing, and the largest online game community in China. Responsible for the R&D, operation, and development of the company's interactive entertainment business including games and eSports. Through online gaming, live broadcasts, and offline eSports, IEG assists the company in leading the global interactive entertainment market to create better interactive entertainment content experiences for users. About the Role: At Tencent, we believe the next generation of AI will fundamentally reshape how people create, interact, and experience digital worlds. As part of our ongoing investment in frontier AI technologies, we are building cutting-edge generative AI systems for interactive game worlds and immersive content creation. We are looking for exceptional researchers and engineers who are passionate about advancing multimodal intelligence and world models at scale. Responsibility： 1. Research and develop core algorithms for Generative Game Engine technologies, including but not limited to: - Video generation - Video prediction - Video editing - Related multimodal generative modeling tasks 2. Explore next-generation video generation technologies for interactive game-world scenarios. Design and build world models with capabilities such as: - Interactivity - Editability - Physical consistency - Spatiotemporal consistency Who We Look For Who we are looking for： 1. MS or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, or related fields; PhD preferred. 2. Strong programming and engineering skills, with hands-on experience in PyTorch or other modern deep learning frameworks. 3. Experience reproducing and extending state-of-the-art research and translating research ideas into scalable systems. 4. Expertise in one or more of the following areas: - Generative models such as Diffusion Models, GANs, VAEs, or Flow-based Models o Image or video generation - Large-scale model pretraining, fine-tuning, or post-training on GPU clusters - Multimodal foundation models such as CLIP, LLaVA, or Qwen 5. Publications at top-tier conferences such as SIGGRAPH, CVPR, ICCV, or NeurIPS are a strong plus. Location State(s) US-California-Palo Alto The expected base pay range for this position in the location(s) listed above is $182,500.00 to $343,200.00 per year. Actual pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Employees hired for this position may be eligible for a sign on payment, relocation package, and restricted stock units, which will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Subject to the terms and conditions of the plans in effect, hired applicants are also eligible for medical, dental, vision, life and disability benefits, and participation in the Company’s 401(k) plan. The Employee is also eligible for up to 15 to 25 days of vacation per year (depending on the employee’s tenure), up to 13 days of holidays throughout the calendar year, and up to 10 days of paid sick leave per year. Your benefits may be adjusted to reflect your location, employment status, duration of employment with the company, and position level. Benefits may also be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year. Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent 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. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals. Who we are Tencent is a world-leading internet and technology company that develops innovative products and services to improve the quality of life for people around the world. Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent 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. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.