Tiktok - San Jose, CA
posted 27 days ago
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, with a mission to inspire creativity and bring joy. The company has global offices in major cities around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo. The core of TikTok's purpose is creation, and the platform is designed to help imaginations thrive. This ethos extends to the teams that make TikTok possible, where every challenge is viewed as an opportunity to learn, innovate, and grow together. TikTok fosters a culture of collaboration and courage, driving impact for the company and the communities it serves. The Machine Learning Engineer Intern position is part of a team focused on enhancing core feed recommendation algorithms. This involves optimizing ranking models, multi-objective fusion, and exploring content diversity and user interests. Interns will work on fine-tuning large-scale recommendation models, tackling complex optimization problems, and integrating computer vision and natural language processing algorithms into recommendation systems. Research directions include multitask learning, generative retrieval, sequence modeling, retrieval-augmented large models, learning to rank, uplift modeling, and model quantization. Internships at TikTok are designed to provide students with industry exposure and hands-on experience, allowing them to turn their ambitions into reality. The internship program runs for 10-24 weeks, and candidates can apply for both Off-cycle Intern and Program Intern positions. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and candidates are encouraged to apply early. The internship offers a unique opportunity to contribute to TikTok's mission while gaining valuable experience in the tech industry.