(GENERAL HIRE) MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER GRADUATE (TIKTOK RECOMMENDATION) - 2025 START (BS/MS)

$119,000 - $177,000/Yr

Tiktok - San Jose, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

San Jose, CA

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About the position

The position involves working on TikTok's recommendation algorithm team, which is crucial for driving product decisions and platform growth. The role focuses on building and optimizing machine learning systems to enhance user experience and content security, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop strategies for market growth.

Responsibilities

• Build industry-leading recommendation system, improving user experience, content ecosystem and platform security.
• Deliver end-to-end machine learning solution to address critical product challenges.
• Own the full stack machine learning system and optimize algorithms and infrastructure to improve recommendation performance.
• Work with cross-functional teams to design product strategies and build solutions to grow TikTok in important markets.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree or above in the field of computer science or a related technical discipline.
• Proficient coding skills and strong algorithm & data structure using C++/Python or other programming language.
• Experienced in Machine Learning, familiar with at least one Deep Learning framework, e.g. PyTorch, Tensorflow.
• Experienced in one or more of the following areas: NLP, CV, Recommender System, and Machine Learning.
• Effective communication and teamwork skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Authors of published papers in top academic conferences is an advantage.
• Winners of algorithm and machine learning competitions such as ACM and Kaggle is an advantage.

Benefits

• 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company match.
• Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.
• 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) and 10 paid sick days per year.
• 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.
• Mental and emotional health benefits through EAP and Lyra.
• 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements.