Graduate ML Engineer - Large-Scale Search & AI

TikTok

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 122,000 - 243,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

TikTok is seeking a graduate software engineer for our Search Engineering Team in Seattle. This full-time role helps build and own TikTok's search engine, applying NLP, CV, ML and information retrieval to deliver relevant results.

You will participate in improving search core algorithms, modeling user behavior, and building scalable search services and data pipelines. Candidates should have a CS or related degree and experience with Python, Java, C++, Go, or JavaScript.

Qualifications

  • Experience with at least one programming language (Python/Java/C++/Go/JavaScript) through coursework, internships or projects.
  • Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills.
  • Interest in building search products for large-scale platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in the improvement of the search core algorithm using NLP, CV, and ML techniques.
  • Develop and maintain search services, data pipelines and platform components.
  • Model user behavior to improve personalization of search results.
  • Contribute to building a scalable, reliable search engine for a large consumer platform.

Skills

Python
Java
C++
Go
JavaScript

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Data Science

Job description

TikTok is seeking a graduate software engineer for our Search Engineering Team in Seattle. This full-time role helps build and own TikTok's search engine, applying NLP, CV, ML and information retrieval to deliver relevant results.

You will participate in improving search core algorithms, modeling user behavior, and building scalable search services and data pipelines. Candidates should have a CS or related degree and experience with Python, Java, C++, Go, or JavaScript.

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