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TikTok · 5 months ago

Engineer Graduate: (Machine Learning Engineer, Data-Search-TikTok Recommendation - San Jose) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$119K/yr - $177K/yr

TikTok is a leading destination for short-form mobile video, dedicated to inspiring creativity and bringing joy. They are seeking a graduate Machine Learning Engineer to develop and apply cutting-edge machine learning technologies to improve the TikTok search experience for users globally.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

No H1B

Responsibilities

Participate in the improvement of the search core algorithm, possible directions include: • Content understanding/matching: Applying the industry's cutting-edge NLP and CV technology to match the most relevant videos for each search query, and continuously improve the relevance of TikTok search

• User Behavior Modeling: solving the recommendation problem in search, let TikTok search increase the ability of personalization on the basis of "relevant", and understand users better

• Video understanding: comprehensive use of NLP, CV, and other technologies for better video understanding from the perspective of the video itself and social network, improve the authority, credibility, and usefulness of search results

Qualification

Machine LearningNatural Language ProcessingComputer ScienceSoftware DevelopmentData StructuresAlgorithmsEffective CommunicationTeamworkProblem Solving