Machine Learning Engineer (CV/NLP/Multimodal/LLM), TikTok Global E-Commerce...

TikTok Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social media platform in Singapore seeks a Ph.D. graduate for a position focused on e-commerce risk detection and algorithm optimization. Responsibilities include developing algorithms for fraud detection, and enhancing audit quality through advanced AI techniques. Ideal candidates will have a strong foundation in machine learning and data analysis, along with excellent problem-solving abilities. This role offers unique opportunities for professional growth within a creative and innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Final year or recent Ph.D. graduate in a quantitative field.
• Solid foundation in data structures and algorithms.
• Proficient in machine learning and deep learning theory.

Responsibilities

• Identify algorithms for risk and violation issues in e-commerce.
• Optimize algorithms for brand libraries and content deduplication.
• Explore reinforcement learning for intelligent audit scheduling.

Skills

Machine Learning

Natural Language Processing

Computer Vision

Data Structures

Algorithms

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Responsibilities

TikTok will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require TikTok's sponsorship of a visa. 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. 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.

• a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.

• for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.

Join us. The team use the most advanced AI technology to combat various risks/violations in TikTok's e-commerce platform, maintain platform security, build a good e-commerce ecosystem, and empower business teams to improve work efficiency. We pursue the ultimate risk detection capability. The fairness and sustainability of the e-commerce ecosystem, high-quality content and merchandise are areas where we are constantly striving for improvement. We are looking for talented individuals to join us in 2025. As a graduate, you will get unparalleled opportunities for you to kickstart your career, pursue bold ideas and explore limitless growth opportunities. Co-create a future driven by your inspiration with TikTok. 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

• Responsible for identifying algorithms for risk/violation/low-quality issues in e-commerce scenarios such as products, shopping cart short videos, and live streaming with products.
• Responsible for mining and identifying algorithms to detect fraudulent behaviors and identify risky, violated, or low-quality merchants and creators.
• Responsible for optimizing algorithms for large-scale brand libraries, products, and content deduplication/clustering.
• Responsible for data construction, instruction fine‑tuning, CoT, alignment, and other work for large models in the e-commerce domain, aiming for ultimate effect optimization in the e-commerce domain.
• Responsible for exploring reinforcement learning and operational research algorithms in intelligent dispatching and intelligent audit scheduling to improve audit quality and efficiency.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Final year Ph. D or recent Ph. D graduates in Computer Science, engineering or quantitative field.
• Solid foundation in data structures/algorithms, proficient in machine learning/deep learning theory, and rich practical experience.
• Familiar with 1-2 areas in natural language processing, computer vision, multimodal, graph algorithms, search algorithms, text/data mining, and LLM.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills, passionate about challenging problems.
• Good team spirit and strong communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Good sense of teamwork and communication skills, practical experience in relevant business scenarios is preferred.
• Published papers in high-level computer science conferences (ACL, EMNLP, NIPS, AAAI, etc.) or have competition experience are preferred.
• Candidates who have practical experience in DALL‑E, CLIP, GLIDE and other related projects are preferred.
• Candidates who have good performance in international competitions in related fields (such as VQA, Image Captioning/Retrieval) are preferred.

TikTok 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 TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

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. By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to our global applicant privacy policy, which may be accessed here: https://careers.tiktok.com/legal/privacy.

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at [e-mail].