The role, as advertised by Tencent UK

Business Unit LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS is made up of passionate players who advance the art & science of game development through great stories, great gameplay, and advanced technology. We are focused on bringing next generation experiences to gamers who want to enjoy them anywhere, anytime, across multiple genres and devices.

About the Hiring Team Lightspeed Tech Center is a R&D department under Lightspeed Studios which develop PUBG Mobile and other high-quality games. Our Tech Center leads the research, exploration, and discovery of innovative technologies and provides technical services for all games during all phases of life cycle, including engine, audio, QA, AI, next generation game, technical cooperation, etc.

What the Role Entails LightSpeed Studios is one of the world’s most innovative and successful game developers. With team across China, United States, Singapore, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and United Arab Emirates. We are expanding to more countries.

Founded in 2008, LightSpeed Studios has created over 50 games across multiple platforms and genres for over 4 billion registered users. It is the co-developer of worldwide hits PUBG MOBILE, Apex Legends Mobile, and League of Legends: Wild Rift (Chinese Version).

1. Drive and contribute to cutting-edge research projects in LLM/Agent/NLP.

2. Develop benchmarks and baselines using publicly available datasets.

3. Train large language models (LLMs) on innovative, practical tasks.

4. Publish research findings at leading NLP/ML/AI conferences and in top journals.

Who We Look For

1. Currently in the PhD degree in NLP, Machine Learning, or a related area, or recently submitted the thesis. Candidates who have completed a Master's degree and have received a PhD offer in a relevant field will also be considered.

2. At least one publication in a top-tier NLP/ML conference or journal (e.g., ACL, NAACL, EMNLP, EACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML).

3. Hands-on experience with Python and deep learning libraries, especially PyTorch, Hugging Face, and Transformers.

4. Experience in one or more of the following areas: supervised fine-tuning of LLMs, LLM self-learning, LLM efficiency, LLM-based AI agents, or LLM applications in gaming, reasoning, or mathematical tasks.

5. Available for a 6 months full-time internship.

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.

This role at a glance

This is one of 22 data and analytics roles open in England today, out of 598 live games jobs across the UK, and Tencent UK is hiring for 24 other roles alongside it. Going by the title it’s a junior / entry level role, one of the routes in for people early in their games career. Like most UK games roles it doesn’t publish a salary, and too few data and analytics roles do for a fair comparison. Our salary guide covers typical ranges.

Discipline: Data & Analytics
Level (from the title): Junior / entry level
On gamesJobs since: 21 Oct 2026
Other Data & Analytics roles in England: 21

About Tencent UK

Tencent is the Chinese technology group behind WeChat and one of the largest games companies in the world, with stakes in or ownership of many Western studios, including UK-based Sumo Group. In 2022 Tencent Games opened a studio in Liverpool, initially housing members of its global production team.

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