Recommendation Large Model Algorithm Engineer-TikTok Algorithm

TIKTOK PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global tech company is seeking candidates for a research role involving AI and machine learning. Candidates must possess a doctoral degree in a relevant field, strong programming skills, and foundational knowledge in machine learning. The role emphasizes collaboration with experts to build innovative products and optimize user experiences. Join a professional team aiming to impact hundreds of millions through advanced technologies in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Got a doctorate degree, preferably in relevant fields.
• Proficient in data structures and algorithms.
• Publications in top international conferences or journals are a plus.
• Strong foundation in machine learning with research experience.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain industry-leading products for user growth and content consumption.
• Collaborate with experts on cutting-edge technologies.
• Optimize product metrics and improve user experience.

Skills

Strong programming skills

Machine learning foundations

Deep learning expertise

Reinforcement learning knowledge

NLP skills

Communication skills

Education

Doctorate degree in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related fields

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.

Responsibilities

TikTok R&D Team

The TikTok R&D team is dedicated to building and maintaining industry-leading products that drive the success of TikTok’s global business. By joining us, you'll work on core scenarios such as user growth, social features, live streaming, e‑commerce consumer side, content creation, and content consumption, helping our products scale rapidly across global markets. You'll also face deep technical challenges in areas like service architecture and infrastructure engineering, ensuring our systems operate with high quality, efficiency, and security. Meanwhile, our team also provides comprehensive technical solutions across diverse business needs, continuously optimizing product metrics and improving user experience.

Here, you'll collaborate with leading experts in exploring cutting‑edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Every line of your code will serve hundreds of millions of users. Our team is professional and goal‑oriented, with an egalitarian and easy‑going collaborative environment.

Research Project Introduction

With the advancement of hardware computing and the continuous breakthroughs of large models in CV/NLP/multimodal learning and even AGI fields, the large computing driven in recommendation scenarios are increasingly capable of capturing user preferences in a more comprehensive and nuanced way. This enables a deeper understanding of user needs and the discovery of latent interests, ultimately leading to enhanced user experiences.

As a critical component of short video recommendation systems, the ranking module is responsible for fine‑grained matching between users and content, selecting the videos users are most likely to be engaged with. In this context, the key research focus is how to best leverage large computing to maximize the model’s memory, generalization, and reasoning capabilities.

Qualifications

• Got doctor degree, preferably in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Mathematics, or other related fields.
• Strong programming skills with a good foundation in data structures and fundamental algorithms. Proficient in various algorithmic and engineering frameworks.
• Publications in top‑tier international conferences or journals (including but not limited to ACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR etc) is a plus.
• Strong foundation in machine learning, with in-depth understanding and research experience in deep learning, reinforcement learning, NLP, and multimodal learning.
• Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work with the team to explore new technologies and drive innovation.