Machine Learning Engineer (Compliance) - Global Payment - Singapore

BYTEDANCE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Singapore is seeking a skilled professional for the Global Payment team, focusing on compliance and machine learning. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and solid experience with data structures and algorithms. You will design Red Flags for monitoring compliance risks and develop machine learning algorithms to detect suspicious transactions. Join us to inspire creativity and enrich life as part of a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, statistics, applied mathematics, or data science.
• Solid experience with data structures and algorithms required.
• Strong coding skills in one of Python, Java, or C/C++.

Responsibilities

• Design Red Flags to monitor compliance risks.
• Develop machine learning algorithms to detect suspicious transactions.
• Understand and optimize compliance strategies.

Skills

Data structures and algorithms

Machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, MXNet)

Programming skills (Python, Java, C/C++)

Big data frameworks (MR, Spark)

Education

Bachelor and above in relevant fields

Job description

Responsibilities

The Global Payment team of ByteDance provides payment solutions

• including payment acquisitions, disbursements, transaction monitoring, payment method management, foreign exchange conversion, accounting, reconciliations, and so on to ensure that our users have a smooth and secure payment experience on ByteDance platforms including TikTok.

The Global Payments Compliance team's duty is to establish a comprehensive and strong compliance foundation with sanction screening, transaction monitoring, risk rating system to systematically enable business models, revenue growth, and protect executives from possible legal liabilities for ByteDance (e.g. TikTok Live, TikTok Shop). Responsibilities

• Understand each business line and payment scenarios well, design Red Flags to monitor potential compliance risk scenarios, use AI to identify and control financial crimes;
• Optimize and iterate compliance strategy standardly, systematically, timely and proactively;
• Design and develop machine learning algorithms to detect suspicious transactions and accounts effectively and assist investigation procedures efficiently;
• Discover potential syndicates and concerted behavior communities from large-scale graph data based on graph neural networks;
• Follow up the latest research progress in the fields of anti-money laundering and fund security in the finance / technology industry, and apply it in the work.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor and above with majors in computer science, computer engineering, statistics, applied mathematics, data science or other related disciplines;
• Solid experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Familiar with at least one framework of TensorFlow / PyTorch / MXNet and its training and deployment details
• Strong coding skills in at least one of the following programming frameworks, e.g. Python, Java, C/C++, etc.

Preferred qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
• Familiar with big data related frameworks and applications, those who are familiar with MR or Spark are preferred.
• Experience with LLM/LVM projects, such as risk identification and efficiency improvement, is preferred.
• CCF A/B Papers or competition awards are preferred.

Job Information

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect - and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.