Multimodal LLM Search Engineer | Flexible Hours

TIKTOK PTE. LTD.; Singapore; Sur place; SGD 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Stock options

Competitive compensation

Flexible hours

Résumé du poste

TikTok PTE. LTD. in Singapore is seeking a talented researcher to join the Search Team to build and optimize large-scale search systems using ML and NLP. You will contribute from research to production.

You will explore generative search, multimodal signals, and LLM-based methods, collaborating with product and engineering to deliver impactful improvements.

Successful candidates have a PhD and hands-on experience with Python, C++, and ML, and enjoy solving open-ended technical challenges.

Qualifications

• PhD in Software Development, CS, or related technical discipline.
• Strong programming skills in Python and C++.
• Solid understanding of machine learning and deep learning fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience in search/retrieval, ranking, NLP, multimodal learning, or LLMs.
• Ability to conduct structured research and translate ideas into working solutions.

Responsabilités

• Develop and optimize algorithms for large-scale search systems, including query understanding, retrieval, ranking, reranking, and relevance modeling.
• Apply machine learning, deep learning, and foundation model technologies to improve search relevance, personalization, and user satisfaction.
• Explore LLM-powered search technologies, including generative search, retrieval-augmented generation, search agents, long-context understanding, and multi-turn search scenarios.
• Build and improve multimodal search capabilities by leveraging text, image, video, audio, user behavior, and other content signals.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and research teams to identify key search quality issues, define technical solutions, and drive algorithm improvements from research exploration to production deployment.
• Conduct data analysis, model evaluation, and online/offline experiments to continuously improve search experience and business impact.

Connaissances

Python

C++

ML fundamentals

Research skills

Search & retrieval

NLP

Multimodal learning

LLMs

Formation

PhD in Computer Science/Software Development

Description du poste

TikTok PTE. LTD. in Singapore is seeking a talented researcher to join the Search Team to build and optimize large-scale search systems using ML and NLP. You will contribute from research to production.

You will explore generative search, multimodal signals, and LLM-based methods, collaborating with product and engineering to deliver impactful improvements.

Successful candidates have a PhD and hands-on experience with Python, C++, and ML, and enjoy solving open-ended technical challenges.