AI Research Scientist-Agentic AI

Business UnitTechnology Engineering Group (TEG) is responsible for supporting the company and its business groups on technology and operational platforms, as well as the construction and operation of R&D management and data centers, TEG provides users with a full range of customer services. As the operator of the largest networking, devices, and data center in Asia,TEG also leads the Tencent Technology Committee in strengthening infrastructure R&D through internal and distributed open source collaboration, constructing new platforms and supporting business innovation.What the Role Entails

1.Conduct fundamental research on agentic AI problems, including but not limited to the GUI agents, memory and reasoning, reinforcement learning, AI and environment interaction.
2.Research on long-term ambitious goals, while laying out intermediate milestones.
3.Publish influential research work on top conferences and journals.
4.Collaborate on large projects that are strategically prioritized by the lab.

Who We Look For

1.Work experience in a university, industry, or government lab(s), in a role with primary emphasis on AI research.
2.Hold a Ph.D. /master degree in computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, data science or other related disciplines.
3.First-author publications at peer-reviewed AI conferences (e.g. ICLR, ICML).
4.Knowledge in one of the differentiable programming frameworks, e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX.
5.Knowledge in AI agents.
Good to have:
1.Track record of high impact research (e.g. multiple papers with 100+ citations).
2.Impactful open source projects.
3.Winner of international academic competitions.

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.