Applied Scientist, Global E-Commerce Recommendations

TikTok Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 317,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) with match

Parental leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Paid holidays

Paid sick days

Paid personal time

Job summary

TikTok Inc. is seeking an Applied Scientist to join the Global E-Commerce Alliance Team.

You will develop and implement innovative machine learning solutions for our recommendation systems in the E-Commerce domain, working with cross-functional teams to influence product decisions. You will leverage ML, NLP, and CV techniques on signals from products, creators, merchants, and transactions; design large online-learning recommendation models serving billions of queries, and communicate results

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline.
• Solid experience in machine learning, deep learning, data mining, or AI.
• Proficient in Python, C++, Java; strong problem-solving abilities.
• Deep understanding of recommendation algorithms and personalization.
• Excellent communication to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy sophisticated ML algorithms for recommender systems.
• Utilize ML, NLP, and CV techniques on signals from products, creators, merchants, and transactions.
• Design and deploy large-scale recommendation models in online learning to service billions of queries.
• Formulate end-to-end ML models ensuring efficient operation of recommendation systems.
• Analyze large datasets to extract insights and drive data-driven decisions.
• Design experiments, test and iterate to optimize recommendations and user satisfaction.
• Stay updated with advances in ML and recommendation systems and apply them.
• Communicate complex concepts clearly to diverse audiences; uphold data governance and privacy.

Skills

PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Sc.

Machine learning

Python

C++

Java

Recommendation algorithms

Communication

Education

PhD or Master’s in CS/Statistics/Math

Tools

Python

C++

Java

Job description

TikTok Inc. is seeking an Applied Scientist to join the Global E-Commerce Alliance Team.

You will develop and implement innovative machine learning solutions for our recommendation systems in the E-Commerce domain, working with cross-functional teams to influence product decisions. You will leverage ML, NLP, and CV techniques on signals from products, creators, merchants, and transactions; design large online-learning recommendation models serving billions of queries, and communicate results