Graduate ML Engineer — E‑commerce & Recommendations

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 317,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Paid Personal Time

Job summary

TikTok is a leading short-form video platform seeking graduates to join the e-Commerce Recommendation and Marketing Algorithm team. You will work on algorithm and big data projects to help users discover products, optimize growth, and improve marketing effectiveness in the US market.

Successful candidates will contribute to user value modeling, personalized messaging, recall/sorting improvements, and uplift modeling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience in C++ and Python; at least one of the Big Data tools (e.g. Hive SQL/Spark/MapReduce); at least one of the Deep Learning tools (e.g. TensorFlow/PyTorch).
• Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures, with excellent coding skills.
• Strong learning ability, curiosity, and good communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Participate in optimizing TikTok e-Commerce growth and marketing algorithms, including core capabilities such as user value modelling, personalized messaging, recommendations, and intelligent marketing.
• Establish a user lifecycle data and value system to address core pain points and business challenges related to TikTok Mall user growth.
• Contribute to the implementation of product and technical solutions for user growth engines, such as personalized push notifications/emails, recommendation handling, etc., to increase e-Commerce DAU and penetration rates.
• Optimize algorithms related to recall/sorting for new user recommendations, improving the relevance of traffic source handling and the accuracy and diversity of new user recommendations.
• Optimize intelligent marketing algorithms, utilizing uplift models and operations research methods to improve marketing efficiency and drive e-Commerce GMV growth.

Skills

C++

Python

Algorithms

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Development or CS

Master's degree

Tools

Hive SQL

Spark

MapReduce

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

TikTok is a leading short-form video platform seeking graduates to join the e-Commerce Recommendation and Marketing Algorithm team. You will work on algorithm and big data projects to help users discover products, optimize growth, and improve marketing effectiveness in the US market.

Successful candidates will contribute to user value modeling, personalized messaging, recall/sorting improvements, and uplift modeling.