Machine Learning Engineer, TikTok Ads Creative & Ecosystem

$145,000 - $250,000/Yr

Tiktok - San Jose, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Jose, CA

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About the position

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, with a mission to inspire creativity and bring joy. The TikTok Ads Creative & Ecosystem team is dedicated to solving the challenges of ad creative production at scale, focusing on building industry-leading tech solutions for understanding, producing, and optimizing ad creatives and landing pages. This role is crucial for empowering advertisers, creators, and third parties to deliver engaging creative experiences to users. The team is involved in innovative projects such as the TikTok video editor, AI-powered smart video generation, and the TikTok creative exchange, which connects advertisers with creators and agencies. We are looking for Machine Learning Engineers who are eager to grow their business understanding, build scalable software, and collaborate with global teams to make a significant impact. The ideal candidate will embrace challenges and contribute to the technology renovation in the ads tech and creative industry.

Responsibilities

• Utilize algorithms to achieve a comprehensive understanding of advertisers, creators, and creatives to improve the precision of match-making.
• Conduct online modeling on billion-level commercial traffic, optimizing the distribution strategy of creatives in recommendation and ads systems.
• Develop a scientific allocation strategy for both natural and ad traffic, aimed at increasing the short-term and long-term value for both advertisers and creators.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in Computer Science or related fields.
• 3+ years of relevant development experience and demonstrated knowledge of machine learning (RecSys/NLP/CV/GE), and experience in recommendation systems, computational advertising, or operational planning algorithms.
• Solid foundation in data structures and algorithms, proficient in Python/C++/Golang languages.
• Passion for new technologies and proven capability in analysis and problem-solving.
• Good team player with strong communication skills; experience in project management; strong perseverance and courage to help the business to a higher level.

Benefits

• 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance
• Approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with company match
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Short/Long term Disability insurance
• Basic Life insurance
• Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options for healthcare and dependent care
• 10 paid holidays per year
• 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO)
• 10 paid sick days per year
• 12 weeks of paid Parental leave
• 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability
• Mental and emotional health benefits through EAP and Lyra
• 401K company match
• Gym and cellphone service reimbursements