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TikTok · 2 weeks ago

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Trust and Safety - USDS

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$178K/yr - $342K/yr

5+ years exp

TikTok is a leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join their Trust and Safety engineering team. The role involves building machine learning models to identify and mitigate internet abuse and fraud, collaborating with various teams to implement solutions at scale.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Play an important role in building the trust and safety machine learning model

Work on highly-scalable classifiers, predictive models and algorithms in big data mining, computer vision, NLP and other domains

Work with engineering teams to implement model pipeline and deploy the service at scale

Collaborate with product team to define objectives and improve trust and safety strategy

Collaborate with data analyst to understand and find data patterns

Qualification

Machine LearningDeep LearningData MiningComputer VisionNLPPythonPattern RecognitionAnomaly DetectionPassionate LearnerCommunicationTeamwork

Required

BS degree with 5+ years' industrial experience, or a MS/PhD degree with 3+ years' relevant experience

Hands on experience in one or more of the areas: machine learning, deep learning, pattern recognition, anomaly detection, data mining, computer vision, NLP or content understanding

Programming skills in Python and similar languages, and a deep understanding of data structures and algorithms

Preferred

Good communication and teamwork skills, passionate about learning new techniques and taking on challenging problems

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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