Video Generation Content Understanding and Feedback Researcher

Tencent UK

United Kingdom-London·Full-time·Posted 12 Jul 2026

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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

1.Research the model's ability to understand generated content, parsing semantics, objects, relationships, and spatial structures.
2.Implement state tracking and consistency modeling for generated videos.
3.Explore "unified generation-understanding" model architectures.
4.Research causal consistency control and physical constraints for the "action input → video output" pipeline.
5.Research hybrid architectures to achieve low-latency feedback for real-time interactive generation.
6.Collaborate with Agent/RL teams to drive an end-to-end closed loop of "generation → understanding → control → feedback."
7.Validate controllable interactive capabilities in game scenarios and lead the establishment of evaluation systems.
8.Continuously track industry-related work and formulate proprietary technical roadmaps.

Who We Look For

1.Ph.D. in AI-related fields, covering areas such as video understanding, video prediction, reinforcement learning, or multimodal generation and understanding.
2.Deep understanding of the internal mechanisms of both video generation and VLM models; familiar with diffusion model principles.
3.Research experience in interactive video generation or controllable video generation.
4.Ability to independently design complex model training pipelines with strong engineering skills.
5.Proficient in Python/PyTorch, with publications in video understanding, controllable generation, or reinforcement learning.
6.Experience with Game AI, simulation environments, or closed-loop systems is preferred.
7.Relevant publications in top-tier conferences or journals are preferred.
 

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This role at a glance

This is one of 23 data and analytics roles open in England today, out of 631 live games jobs across the UK, and Tencent UK is hiring for 26 other roles alongside it. The title doesn’t name a seniority, so it most likely sits at mid level — the posting’s requirements are the best guide to the experience wanted. 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)
Mid-level
On gamesJobs since
16 Jul 2026
Other Data & Analytics roles in England
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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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