Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendation & Algorithm

Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: United States
Company Name: TikTok

Company Overview

TikTok is the world’s leading destination for short-form video. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible. Our employees lead with curiosity, and move at the speed of culture. Combined with our company’s flat structure, you’ll be given dynamic opportunities to make a real impact on a rapidly expanding company as you grow your career. We have offices across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas – and we’re just getting started.

About the job

Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok’s global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Creation is the core of TikTok’s purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.

Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.

To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.

At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That’s how we drive impact – for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.

Join us.

About The Team

Recommendation algorithm team plays a central role in the company, driving critical product decisions and platform growth. The team is made up of machine learning researchers and engineers, who support and innovate on production recommendation models and drive product impact. The team is dynamic, fast-pacing, collaborative and impact-driven.

Responsibilities – What You’II Do

  • 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.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor degree in computer science or a related major, with 4 years of related work experience;
  • Strong software development experience with C++, Python or other programming language;
  • Experience in one or more of the following areas: applied machine learning, machine learning infrastructure, large-scale recommendation system, market-facing machine learning product;
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills;
  • Passion about techniques and solving challenging problems.

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