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TikTok · 19 hours ago

Machine Learning Engineer Graduate - CV/NLP/Multimodal LLM (TikTok Trust and Safety) - 2026 Start(Master/Bachelor)

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$119K/yr - $187K/yr

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer Graduate to join their algorithm team. The role involves developing advanced models and algorithms to enhance platform safety and user experience.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

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 pipelines at scale

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

Work on state-of-the-art content understanding techniques including but not limited to unimodal/multimodal content classifiers, Active learning models, Reinforcement learning models, and Large Language Models

Qualification

Machine LearningLarge Language ModelsRecommendation SystemsCoding SkillsCuriosityCommunication SkillsTeamwork Skills

Required

Master or Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Operation Research, Applied Mathematics or similar quantitative fields

Hands-on or academic experience in one or more of the following areas: Machine learning, Large Language Models, Recommendation Systems, and related areas

Strong coding skills

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

Benefits

Employees have day one access to 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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