Tiktok - San Jose, CA
posted 3 months ago
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, with a mission to inspire creativity and bring joy. The company operates globally, with headquarters in Los Angeles and Singapore, and offices in major cities including New York, London, and Tokyo. The Multimedia Arch team at TikTok is focused on optimizing user experience and cost for the video on demand and live streaming systems. This team is dedicated to building intelligent and personalized multimedia systems that enhance the TikTok ecosystem. We are currently seeking a passionate machine learning engineer to join our team. In this role, you will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to identify opportunities for improving system performance and efficiency by integrating AI algorithms throughout the multimedia system. Your responsibilities will include designing service-side machine learning systems, implementing machine learning models, and validating their impact on the overall system through A/B testing. This position offers unparalleled opportunities for recent graduates to kickstart their careers, pursue bold ideas, and explore limitless growth opportunities. Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by the end of 2025, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. As a machine learning engineer, you will apply causal inference algorithms to understand user behavior and enhance the user experience on TikTok. You will develop machine learning solutions for user behavior prediction, app traffic prediction, and video understanding. This role requires working cross-functionally with product managers, data scientists, and product engineers to derive insights, formulate problems, design and refine machine learning algorithms, and contribute to the exciting growth of TikTok's global user base. Regular A/B testing and analysis will be part of your responsibilities, allowing you to iterate on algorithms based on performance data.