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TikTok · 3 months ago

Machine Learning Engineer Graduate - Global E-commerce Recommendation/Search - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$113K/yr - $178K/yr

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer Graduate to join their Data-E-commerce team in 2026. The role involves conducting research in machine learning algorithms, building large-scale e-commerce recommendation systems, and applying machine learning to enhance various business scenarios.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Work in a team to conduct cutting-edge research in machine learning algorithms, such as retrieval and recommendation algorithms

Participate in building large-scale (10 million to 100 million) e-commerce recommendation algorithms and systems, including commodity recommendations, live stream recommendations, short video recommendations etc in TikTok

Build long and short term user interest models, analyze and extract relevant information from large amounts of various data and design algorithms to explore users' latent interests efficiently

Apply machine learning algorithms to improve the different business scenarios, such as search ranking, natural language and video understanding, and trust and safety

Qualification

Machine LearningDeep LearningNatural Language ProcessingCoding SkillsLinux DevelopmentAnalytical SkillsE-commerce KnowledgeRecommendation AlgorithmsSearch AlgorithmsProblem-Solving Skills

Required

Final year or recent graduate with a background in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Strong foundation in machine learning and deep learning, with experience in: NLP (Natural Language Processing)

Personalization

Exceptional coding skills with solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms

Proficiency in Linux development environments

Preferred

Prior experience in search, recommendation, or advertisement algorithms

Familiarity e-commerce businesses

Benefits

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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