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TikTok · 5 months ago

Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (Monetization GenAI) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

San Jose, CA

Internship

Onsite

Intern, Entry Level

$119K/yr - $177K/yr

Start in 2026

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, dedicated to inspiring creativity and bringing joy. They are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer Graduate to join their Generative AI team, focusing on developing advanced generative AI technologies and collaborating with various teams to enhance advertising solutions.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead research in advancing technology in large language model or multimodality generative model architectures

Research, implement and evaluate novel machine learning algorithms on generative models

Collaborate with applied machine learning teams and infrastructure teams to ship new generative models into ad production

Qualification

Machine LearningGenerative AIMultimodality ModelsAI Research ExperiencePublications in Conferences

Required

BS/MS in computer science, machine learning, or similar fields

Hands-on experience of developing multimodality foundation models and work or internship experience in an AI research organization is a plus

Strong publications record in top conferences or journals (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, etc)

Benefits

Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance

A 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

Glassdoor3.4

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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