Machine Learning Engineer - Search (NLP) - Singapore

TIKTOK PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Singapore is seeking candidates for a role focused on researching and developing international short video search engines using advanced machine learning and NLP technologies. Ideal candidates should have at least 3 years of experience in relevant fields and excellent analytical skills. Join a team that values creativity and offers an inclusive environment with opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Meal allowance

Career growth opportunity

Positive team atmosphere

Competitive compensation

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in Search, Risk Control or NLP.
• Excellent coding skills with solid understanding of data structure and algorithms.
• Strong analytical and modeling skills to identify issues from complex data.

Responsibilities

• Research and develop international short video search engines.
• Improve search algorithms leveraging NLP and machine learning.
• Contribute to cross-modal matching technology for enhanced retrieval capabilities.

Skills

Coding skills

Data structure knowledge

Problem-solving ability

NLP knowledge

Education

Bachelor or advanced degree in computer science

Job description

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.

Job highlights

• Positive team atmosphere
• Career growth opportunity
• 100+ mil users
• Meal allowance
• Competitive compensation

Responsibilities

About the team

The Search team is mainly responsible for the search algorithm innovation and architecture research and development of Douyin, international short video, Jinri Toutiao, Watermelon video and other products, as well as e-commerce, life services and other businesses. We use cutting‑edge machine learning technology for end‑to‑end modeling and continuous innovation and breakthroughs, while focusing on the construction and performance optimization of distributed systems and machine learning systems.

Department work

• 1. Participate in the research and development of international short video search engines, using cutting‑edge machine learning algorithms and massive data to make the most exciting technologies and give users the best search experience;
• 2. Participate in the improvement of international short video search algorithms. Optional directions include:
• (1) Explore cutting‑edge NLP technologies: from basic word segmentation, NER, to application‑based Query analysis, basic correlation, etc., full‑link application of deep learning models, every detail is full of challenges;
• (3) Cross‑modal matching technology: Apply CV + NLP deep learning technology in search to make search have more powerful retrieval capabilities in the above businesses. Engage in the research and development of video search, visual search and other related algorithms, including video content understanding, visual representation learning, multi‑modal fusion, etc.;
• (4) Personalized search: Apply large‑scale machine learning to solve the recommendation problem in search, and make search more personalized and understand you better;
• (5) Hundreds of billions of data: from large‑scale offline computing, distributed system performance, scheduling optimization, to building high‑availability, high‑throughput, and low‑latency online services, there are in-depth research and innovation.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• - Bachelor or advanced degree in computer science or a related technical discipline.
• - At least 3 years of experience in: Search, Risk Control or NLP
• - 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.

Preferred Qualifications

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