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TikTok · 5 months ago

Machine Learning Engineer - Computer Vision

San Jose

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$194K/yr - $355K/yr

2+ years exp

TikTok is a leading destination for short-form mobile video, aiming to inspire creativity and bring joy. The Machine Learning Engineer - Computer Vision will lead the development of machine learning models for content moderation, collaborating with various teams to enhance user safety and experience.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead and build content understanding models for content moderation

Work on state-of-the-art content understanding techniques including but not limited to unimodal/multimodal content classifiers, graph models, representation learning models, and LLM

Collaborate with product teams to define business objectives and improve trust and safety strategy

Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy machine learning models, design online model workflow, and implement serving pipeline at scale

Collaborate with data scientist team to understand the key challenges and propose data-driven strategies

Qualification

Machine LearningPythonContent ModerationStatistical ModelsApplied MathematicsUnimodal ClassifiersMultimodal ClassifiersGraph ModelsRepresentation LearningNLPLLMOnline ML SystemsRankingRetrievalCuriosity towards New TechnologiesTeamwork Skills

Required

BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Operation Research, Applied Mathematics, Physics or similar quantitative fields, with 2+ years of related experience

Hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas: machine learning (CV/NLP/Multimodal/Graph/LLM), statistical models and applied mathematical methods

Strong coding skills, especially in Python and similar languages

Curiosity towards new technologies and entrepreneurship, good communication and teamwork skills

Preferred

Experience in LLM, multimodal modeling, representation learning and/or publications in top AI/ML conferences are a plus

Understanding of the business value of content understanding and content moderation

Experience in developing online ML systems including ranking, retrieval

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan with company match

Paid parental leave

Short-term and long-term disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)

Company

TikTok

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TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.

Founded in 2003

Los Angeles, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.tiktok.com

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