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TikTok · 2 weeks ago

Software Engineer Graduate (Data Arch - AI/ML Infrastructure) - 2026 Start (PhD)

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$137K/yr - $259K/yr

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. They are seeking talented university graduates to join their Recommendation Architecture Team, responsible for building and optimizing the architecture for recommendation products to enhance user experience.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Build and maintain high performance online services for TikTok recommendation system to support various types of products, such as For You Feed, E-commerce, Social, etc

Build extremely efficient and reliable data pipelines for candidates generation, profile generation, training examples generation, realtime online training, etc

Build globalized large-scale recommendation system

Design and develop high performance computing frameworks and storage systems

Qualification

PhD in Computer ScienceMachine LearningArtificial IntelligenceProgramming CProgramming C++Programming JavaProgramming PythonInference optimizationModel accelerationRecommendation systemsProblem-solving skillsSelf-driven learningEffective communication

Required

PhD's degree (or expected by 2026) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or related fields

Research background in ML/AI, with a focus on inference optimization, model acceleration, or efficient ML systems

Experience in programming, included but not limited to, the following programming languages: C, C++, Java or Python

Problem-solving skills, self-driven learning mindset, and effective communication

Preferred

Demonstrated ability to translate research into practical system implementations

Experience (academic or practical) in areas such as recommendation systems, search, distributed systems, or big data processing

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

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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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