What are the responsibilities and job description for the Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (Content Ecology) - 2025 Start (PhD) position at TikTok?
Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.
The Content Ecology team aims to leverage AI and machine learning algorithms to build a suite of strategic models and platform solutions that enhance user experience across various sub-businesses under the short video business line.
Our Focus Areas Include:
Successful candidates must be able to commit to one of the following start dates below:
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply as early as possible.
Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.
Responsibilities:
Minimum Qualifications:
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $145000 - $250000 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.
The Content Ecology team aims to leverage AI and machine learning algorithms to build a suite of strategic models and platform solutions that enhance user experience across various sub-businesses under the short video business line.
Our Focus Areas Include:
- TikTok Intelligent Customer Service: Utilizing large language models to address intelligent customer service and commercial customer service challenges.
- TikTok Local Services: Employing multimodal understanding technologies to solve content understanding and governance issues in local services.
- TikTok Search: Applying AI capabilities to provide hot event/topic discovery, event extraction, and summarization for the search business line.
Successful candidates must be able to commit to one of the following start dates below:
- January 13, 2025
- February 3, 2025
- March 3, 2025
- May 19, 2025
- June 9, 2025
- July 14, 2025
- August 11, 2025
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply as early as possible.
Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement machine learning models to enhance user experience across various TikTok sub-businesses.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI solutions into existing platforms.
- Conduct research and stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in AI and machine learning to continually improve our models and solutions.
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS/MS Degree in Computer Science or a related major
- Experienced in programming and algorithmic skills, proficient in languages such as Python, or C .
- Deep understanding of one of the following areas: NLP (Natural Language Processing), CV (Computer Vision), LLM (Large Language Models)/MLLM (Multimodal Language Models), or Search.
- Experienced in one or more of the following topics: TensorFlow, PyTorch, or other machine learning frameworks.
- Good team communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience in building ML model development for large-scale consumer-facing applications.
- Experience or domain expertise in one or more of the following areas is preferred: NLP, CV, LLM/MLLM, Dialog System, Search, Recommendation Systems, etc.
- Published papers or hands-on project experience in the fields of NLP, CV, or multimodal technologies.
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $145000 - $250000 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
- Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
- Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
- Exercising sound judgment.
Salary : $145,000 - $250,000
