Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (TikTok Shop Global E-Commerce, Search) - 2026 Start (PhD)

TikTok; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking graduates to join the Search E-Commerce team to advance its global shopping search experience using cutting-edge NLP, CV, and multimodal ML. The role emphasizes practical problem solving, teamwork, and delivering high-quality search improvements for billions of users worldwide.

Successful candidates should commit to onboarding by end of 2026 and clearly state availability and graduation dates in their resume. Applicants may apply to up to two positions; rolling reviews apply.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in coding and software development.
• Solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Experience in machine learning with an emphasis on analytics and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Improve search quality and user experience through query analysis and text relevance matching.
• Design and implement end-to-end ranking systems to boost GMV growth.
• Advance ecosystem development, addressing supply-demand matching and scalable growth.
• Collaborate in a team using statistics, scripting, and programming languages.
• Work with platforms where models are deployed.

Skills

Strong coding skills

Data structures & algorithms

ML modeling & problem solving

Multimodal understanding

Education

Final year PhD in CS/Engineering/Quantitative field

Job description

Responsibilities

Team Introduction

The Search E-Commerce team is responsible for the search algorithm for TikTok's rapidly growing global e-commerce business. We use state-of-the-art large-scale machine learning technology, the cutting-edge NLP, CV and multi-modal technology to build the industry's top-class search engine to provide the best e-commerce search experience, for more than 1 billion monthly TikTok users around the world. Our mission is to build a world where \"there is no hard-to-sell good-priced product in the world\".

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at TikTok.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2026. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

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

• Improve the basic search quality and user experience: Optimize query analysis and text relevance matching. Understand e-commerce video content and implement multi-modal matching. Improve users' perception of product authority, and deeply participate in the design and implementation of core search products. Comprehensively improve the end-to-end shopping experience from browsing to after-sales.


• Design and implement the end-to-end ranking system (recall, first stage ranking, final stage ranking and mixed row): Improve users' personalized shopping interests model. Improve the shopping conversion efficiency for merchandise, video and live stream to promote GMV growth.


• Promote the development of the ecosystem: From the perspective of the industry and businesses, solve challenging problems such as supply and demand matching, business cold start, and sustainable business growth, etc. Think, analyze and adjust the evolution of the system to achieve long-term and sustainable growth of GMV.


• Work in a team setting and apply knowledge in statistics, scripting and programming languages required by the firm.


• Work with the relevant software platforms in which the models are deployed.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Final year Phd graduates in Computer Science, engineering or quantitative field.


• Excellent coding skills. Solid knowledge of data structure and algorithms.


• Excellent in analysis, modeling and problem-solving, and can see the essence of problems from complex data.


• Industry work experience in machine learning. Good product sense with a focus on user experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Self-driven, able to deeply understand the business, adapt to rapid business changes, have good personal expression and communication skills, and be able to promote project implementation.


• Publication records in top journals or conferences will be a plus. Experience winning ACM-ICPC medals will be a plus.

Job Information

About TikTok

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 we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is 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 bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.

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. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. 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

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.