TikTok · 9 hours ago
Machine Learning Engineer - Search Ads
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$137K/yr - $259K/yrTikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer for their Search Ads team. The role involves developing large-scale Ads systems, optimizing relevance models, and improving NLP capabilities to enhance ad delivery and monetization.
Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo
Responsibilities
Participate in the development of a large-scale Ads system
Responsible for relevance model and strategy optimization, such as semantic matching models, active learning, text/photo/video multi-model, ranking strategy, etc
Participate in the development and iteration of Ads algorithms by using Machine Learning
Work on NLP (Natural Language Processing) capability improvement and query understanding, such as query classification, seq2seq, NER (Named Entity Recognition), knowledge graph, bidword optimization, etc
Work on CTR/CVR model estimation accuracy, data analysis, modeling, feature engineering
Research and develop Ads pacing algorithms, ads traffic control, etc
Partner with product managers and product strategy & operation team to define product strategy and features
Qualification
Required
BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or other relevant majors
Excellent programming, debugging, and optimization skills in general purpose programming languages
Ability to think critically and to formulate solutions to problems in a clear and concise way
Preferred
Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Go, C/C++, Python
Good understanding in one of the following domains: ad fraud detection, risk control, quality control, adversarial engineering, and online advertising systems
Good knowledge in one of the following areas: machine learning, deep learning, backend, large-scale systems, data science, full-stack
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
TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.
Founded in 2003
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
N Ali Mohamed
CEO
Blake Chandlee
VP Global Business Solutions
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