AI jobs for research scientists and research engineers in China

395 open roles for research scientists and research engineers at 65 companies in China. None of them states a citizenship or security-check demand. 1 mention relocation support.

Rebuilt 25 Oct 2026
open roles
395
companies
65
open to any nationality
100%
estimated median pay
$73k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
ByteDance57100%
Meituan55100%
Tencent39100%
AgiBot24100%
Xiaohongshu24100%
StepFun19100%
DP Technology16100%
iFlytek13100%
miHoYo13100%
Bosch11100%
Alibaba Group11100%
Xiaomi8100%
SenseTime7100%
XPeng6100%
MiniMax4100%

Newest roles

Alibaba Group

alibaba.com
alibaba.com • HQ: Hangzhou, China • Logistics • E-commerce Platforms • Foundation Models • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • Marketplaces • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1999 • Trust A • Hiring 2219, 126 new
HQ: Hangzhou, China • Logistics • E-commerce Platforms • Foundation Models • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • Marketplaces • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1999 • Trust A • Hiring 2219, 126 new
Alibaba Group is a Chinese technology conglomerate founded in Hangzhou in 1999 by Jack Ma and seventeen colleagues, built around commerce and cloud computing. Its domestic marketplaces Taobao and Tmall handle a large share of Chinese retail, while Alibaba.com, AliExpress, Lazada and Trendyol serve cross-border and international buyers, supported by the Cainiao logistics network. Alibaba Cloud is the largest public cloud provider in Asia and develops the open-weight Qwen model family, which has become one of the most downloaded foundation model series in the world.
Eddie Wu · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Joseph Tsai · Co-Founder & Chairman · decision-maker
Toby Xu · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Jack Ma · Founder · founder
No careers mailbox known
Verified live · 2 hours ago 2 days ago Hiring now · 90%

阿里控股-LLM下一代高效架构研究员-杭州/北京

In office (Beijing, China) • Chinese: C1
Mixture of Experts
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 11 days ago Hiring now · 89%

ATH-成药性专家/研究员(环肽四头)-AI制药

In office (Hangzhou, China) • Senior • Chinese: C1
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StepFun

stepfun.com
stepfun.com • HQ: Shanghai, China • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 223, 3 new
HQ: Shanghai, China • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 223, 3 new
StepFun is a Chinese foundation model laboratory building a full range of models from language to speech, image and video. Its Step series includes very large mixture of experts models and multimodal systems, and the company releases open weights alongside commercial offerings. The laboratory was founded by a former senior Microsoft executive and is among the most heavily funded of the Chinese model startups; its models are used in Chinese consumer applications and enterprise deployments across several industries.
No named decision-maker yet.
No careers mailbox known
Verified live · 4 hours ago 3 days ago Likely open · 63%

大模型架构研究员(Co-Design 方向)

Hybrid (Shanghai, China) • Full-Time • Chinese: C1
Transformers
Mixture of Experts
KV Cache
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Verified live · 4 hours ago 13 days ago Likely open · 52%

AI 安全研究员 / Research Scientist, AI Safety

In office (Beijing, China) • Full-Time • Chinese: C1
Python
AI/ML
PyTorch
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miHoYo

mihoyo.com
mihoyo.com • HQ: Shanghai, China • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2011 • Hiring 235, 18 new
HQ: Shanghai, China • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2011 • Hiring 235, 18 new
miHoYo (Shanghai miHoYo Network Technology Co., Ltd.) is a prominent global video game developer and digital entertainment enterprise renowned for creating immersive, high-quality anime-style interactive experiences. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, and operating international publishing activities through its global brand HoYoverse (headquartered in Singapore with regional offices in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Seoul, and Montreal), the company develops blockbuster titles such as Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, Honkai Impact 3rd, and Zenless Zone Zero. Founded in 2011 by university graduates driven by a passion for interactive animation, miHoYo has rapidly evolved into an industry-leading digital media powerhouse, leveraging advanced proprietary rendering technologies and cross-platform development to serve millions of players worldwide.
No named decision-maker yet.
No careers mailbox known
Verified live · 2 hours ago 4 days ago Likely open · 56%

LLM Posttrain算法研究员

In office (Beijing, China)
Function Calling
SFT
Post-training
LLM
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 4 days ago Likely open · 56%

LLM Evaluation算法研究员

In office (Beijing, China)
Python
AI/ML
RLHF
DPO
Reward Modeling
LLM
DevOps
Git
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Hytera

hytera.com
hytera.com • HQ: Shenzhen, China • Civil Defense • RF & Wireless Hardware • Broadband • Est. 1953 • SZSE: 002583 • Hiring 44, 2 new
HQ: Shenzhen, China • Civil Defense • RF & Wireless Hardware • Broadband • Est. 1953 • SZSE: 002583 • Hiring 44, 2 new
Hytera Communications is a global two way radio manufacturing company, offering DMR/TETRA/broadband products and solutions for PMR industries, including reliable digital radios and systems, to ensure daily operation and emergency response more efficient.
No named decision-maker yet.
Careers mailbox is known
Verified live · 4 hours ago 4 days ago Hiring now · 86%

AI 服务器系统架构研究员

In office (Dongguan, China) • Chinese: C1
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Baidu

baidu.com
baidu.com • HQ: Beijing, China • Advertising • Foundation Models • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • Autonomous Driving • LLM & Generative AI • Search Engines • 5000+ employees • Est. 2000 • MOEX: BIDU-RM • Trust C • Hiring 1369, 51 new
HQ: Beijing, China • Advertising • Foundation Models • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • Autonomous Driving • LLM & Generative AI • Search Engines • 5000+ employees • Est. 2000 • MOEX: BIDU-RM • Trust C • Hiring 1369, 51 new
Baidu is a Chinese technology company founded in 2000 by Robin Li and Eric Xu that operates the dominant search engine in mainland China. Around search it has built a large advertising business, the Baidu Maps and Baijiahao content platforms, and an AI Cloud division selling compute, data and model services to enterprises and government. The company was one of the first Chinese firms to commit heavily to artificial intelligence, developing the ERNIE family of large language models and the Apollo autonomous driving stack that powers its Apollo Go robotaxi fleet in several Chinese cities.
Eric Xu · Co-Founder & Vice Chairman · decision-maker
Robin Li · Co-Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Dou Shen · Executive Vice President, AI Cloud Group · decision-maker
No careers mailbox known
Verified live · 2 hours ago 4 days ago Likely open · 63%

大模型安全算法研究员

In office (Beijing, China) • Internship • Chinese: C1
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 4 months ago Long shot · 8%

大语言基座模型训练研究员 / 工程师

In office (Beijing, China)
DeepSpeed
Post-training
Megatron-LM
FSDP
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bcg.com • HQ: Boston, United States • Professional Services • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics • Information Technology • Software • Custom Software Development • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Analytics & BI Consulting • AI Consulting & Integration • Management Consulting • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1963 • Hiring 541, 290 new
HQ: Boston, United States • Professional Services • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics • Information Technology • Software • Custom Software Development • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Analytics & BI Consulting • AI Consulting & Integration • Management Consulting • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1963 • Hiring 541, 290 new
Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a premier global management consulting firm advising leading corporations, governments, and non-profit organizations. The company partners with clients across diverse industries to solve their most complex challenges through strategic transformation, digital innovation, operational excellence, and sustainable solutions. Leveraging a vast network of expert consultants operating worldwide, it delivers actionable insights and tailored strategies designed to drive long-term competitive advantage and lasting impact.
No named decision-maker yet.
No careers mailbox known
Verified live · 1 hour ago 4 days ago Hiring now · 90%

(Senior) Forward Deployed AI Scientist, Greater China - BCG X

≈ $37k – $96k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 2+ years exp • In office (Shanghai, China) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • English: C1
Python
AI/ML
Machine Learning
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 4 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Visiting Forward Deployed AI Scientist, Greater China - BCG X

In office (Shanghai, China) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • English
Python
AI/ML
Machine Learning
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Skills these roles ask for

Python 96C++ 76PyTorch 74LLM 46RLHF 40SFT 38NLP 37DPO 28Transformers 27VLM 26Megatron-LM 24PPO 22Reward Modeling 21DeepSpeed 20AI Agents 20Post-training 20

Where the roles are

Beijing 215Shanghai 100Shenzhen 48Hangzhou 13Hefei 10Guangzhou 4Chengdu 3Nanjing 3Zhangjiagang 1Xiamen 1

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

395 of the 395 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which companies hire most AI engineers?

ByteDance (57), Meituan (55), Tencent (39), AgiBot (24), Xiaohongshu (24).

Which roles count as AI jobs?

Every engineering, research, product and infrastructure role whose title and advert make AI its work - machine learning and AI engineers, research scientists, LLM, agent and MLOps engineers, computer vision and speech, AI chips and data centers, embodied AI - at any employer, read by Alion's AI role classifier. Data analysts and data engineers are left out, and so is a role that only mentions AI tools.

How fresh is this?

Every role is re-checked on the employer's own careers board at least every 48 hours, and the page is rebuilt every night.

Source: 395 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 25 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0