Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (Data-Global E-Commerce-Search) - 2027 Start (PhD)
Core
Developing TikTok's advanced search algorithm for global e-commerce using large-scale machine learning, NLP, CV, and multi-modal technologies to serve over a billion monthly users.
Role type
PhD Graduate Machine Learning Engineer (Search & Recommendation)
Builds
Search core algorithm, relevance ranking, and multimodal search features for TikTok's e-commerce platform.
Domain
E-commerce, Search, Large-scale Machine Learning, NLP, Computer Vision
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Search algorithms, Information Retrieval, Ranking, Recommendation systems, NLP, Multimodal learning, Large Language Models (LLM), Data Mining, Machine Learning systems
Preferred skills
Publications/preprints/patents in search or ML, Large-scale distributed systems, Online experimentation, Vector search, Semantic retrieval
Technologies
LLM, NLP, CV, Distributed systems, Vector search
Responsibilities
Apply cutting-edge NLP and CV to match relevant videos for search queries; Model user behavior to increase personalization in search; Develop new retrieval, ranking, and relevance evaluation methods; Translate research ideas into scalable product improvements.
Seniority
Early-career PhD Graduate, hands-on IC
