TikTok · 6 hours ago
Machine Learning Engineer - AIGC Development
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$176K/yr - $395K/yr
4+ years expTikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, focused on inspiring creativity and bringing joy. They are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to develop and maintain models for training large-scale foundation models, ensuring high-quality data for AI solutions.
Social MediaVideoMedia and EntertainmentMarketingContent CreatorsContent Discovery
Responsibilities
Model Development and maintenance: Develop, iterate, and maintain models to assist humans in providing information about data points for training and evaluating large scale foundation models. Build models across modalities (Audio, Text, Video) to assist labelers in their tasks and automate labeling where possible
Clarification and Simplification of Model Requirements: Diligently comprehend machine learning development lifecycle, drive clear communication on where most impact can be made, and decompose technical tasks into more manageable units, ensuring a smooth execution path
Explore agentic multimodal approaches to improve data quality for model training, evaluation, and feedback. Augment human labeling with synthetic data and automated labeling
Collaborative Experimentation and Documentation: Work in tandem with various teams to formulate meticulous experiment plans, documenting results with utmost precision, and patiently addressing inquiries from both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other relevant majors
4+ years of Machine Learning experience: Demonstrated previous experience owning the end-of-end machine learning model development process. Understand how data plays a crucial role in terms of model quality, model iteration and model evaluation
4+ years of experience working with Python/Pytorch: Possesses advanced skills in Python programming, showcasing the ability to develop and implement robust models in production environments solutions
Statistical Knowledge: Demonstrates strong statistical background and can leverage statistical knowledge in solving business analytical requirements
Strategic Interpersonal Skills: Displays formidable interpersonal skills, embodying an ability to seize new opportunities, be able to set product directions strategically, ignite innovative ideas, and marshal support to bring products from conceptualization to realization
Familiar with the technical principles of modern LLM/MLLM development and application for content generation and content understanding purposes
Preferred
Creative thinking and a passion for innovation
Experience with the AIGC modeling process: Have previously trained or applied MLLM models (T2I and T2V) for key business use cases
Understand the data curation process and model evaluation criteria when developing AIGC models
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
TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Late StageLeadership Team
N Ali Mohamed
CEO
Blake Chandlee
VP Global Business Solutions
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