ByteDance · 2 weeks ago
Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (E-Commerce Recommendation/Search Alliance)- 2026 Start (Phd)
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$137K/yr - $259K/yrByteDance is a global technology company known for its innovative products like TikTok and CapCut. The company is seeking a graduate to design and implement cutting-edge machine learning algorithms to enhance recommendation systems for its e-commerce platform.
ContentData MiningFoundational AIInternetSocial Media
Responsibilities
Design and implement cutting-edge machine learning algorithms to enhance our recommendation systems
Apply machine learning, natural language processing, and computer vision techniques to analyze e-commerce data and interactions
Deploy and maintain scalable recommendation models for real-time query handling and product suggestions
Analyze complex datasets to derive insights that guide strategic decisions
Stay up-to-date with the latest machine learning developments, incorporating them into your work
Qualification
Required
Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Operations Research, or related fields
Graduate with a background in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
Thorough understanding understanding of data structures and algorithms, with excellent problem-solving ability
Deep Understanding of machine learning, statistics, scaling distributed computing, and big data engineering
Preferred
Demonstrated software engineering experience from previous internship, work experience, coding competitions, or publications
Internship experience or research experience, especially in e-commerce, recommendation, search engine
Publications at conferences such as KDD, NeurIPS, WWW, SIGIR, WSDM, CIKM, ICLR, ICML, IJCAI, AAAI
Curiosity toward new technologies and entrepreneurship
High levels of creativity and quick problem-solving capabilities
Benefits
We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match.
Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans.
Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.
10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off(PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.
Mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra.
A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements.
Company
ByteDance
ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services.
Founded in 2012
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$9.8BKey Investors
Capital TodayG42Tiger Global Management
2025-11-20Secondary Market· $300M
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Leadership Team
Jochen Bischoff
Head of Global Business Solutions - Africa
Matty Lin
General Manager, Global Business Solutions, KR
Recent News
2026-01-08
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