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TikTok · 3 weeks ago

Machine Learning Engineer Manager, TikTok - Trust and Safety

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$209K/yr - $438K/yr

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer Manager for their Trust and Safety RD team. The role involves building machine learning models to identify and defend against internet abuse and fraud, collaborating with various teams to enhance content moderation capabilities.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Build efficient content recognition models for critical scenarios such as CSAM (Child Safety), CBS (Cross-border Sync), and Misinformation, to enhance the automation capability of content moderation

Address challenges in cross-lingual, multimodal, and low-resource environments to improve model generalization under complex compliance constraints

Collaborate with Recommendation, Policy, and Product teams to develop joint safety strategies, enabling flexible governance from content recognition to traffic control

Participate in the full-stack development process—from data curation and strategy modeling to model deployment—to continuously improve system response speed and compliance granularity

Qualification

Multimodal algorithm developmentContent moderation experienceCompliance-driven requirementsCross-functional collaborationPublications in top conferencesInterest in content safetySelf-motivated

Required

Experience in multimodal algorithm development, with exposure to large model applications in real-world scenarios; familiarity with content moderation tasks; modeling experience in safety or compliance domains is preferred

Strong understanding of compliance-driven requirements, with the ability to abstract policy needs and translate them into practical technical solutions

Skilled in cross-functional collaboration, capable of driving joint policy design and integrated system implementation

Preferred

Publications in top conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV) or experience in competitive AI challenges

Highly responsible and self-motivated, with a strong interest in content safety technology and the ability to adapt to the fast-evolving landscape of risk governance

Benefits

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

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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