Graduate Search Engineer: ML & IR for Scalable Search

TikTok USDS Joint Venture; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Savings Plan With Company Match

Paid Parental Leave

Short-term Disability Coverage

Long-term Disability Coverage

Life Insurance

Wellbeing Benefits

Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Days

Paid Personal Time

Job summary

TikTok USDS Joint Venture is seeking an engineer to optimize search quality and build core systems for query understanding, result ranking, and query recommendation. The role combines information retrieval with modern machine learning to enhance the TikTok search experience.

The candidate will work on large-scale, consumer-facing services, require strong programming skills (C/C++, Python, Java, or Golang), and a solid foundation in information retrieval and ML techniques.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, Engineering, Math, Statistics, or related field.
• Proficiency in C/C++, Python, Java, or Golang.
• Experience with large-scale consumer-facing services is required.

Responsibilities

• Optimize search quality and build core systems for query understanding, result ranking, and query recommendation.
• Leverage information retrieval techniques with modern ML to improve the TikTok search experience.

Skills

C++

Python

Java

Golang

Information Retrieval

Machine Learning

Natural Language Processing

Computer Vision

Recommender Systems

Backend Development

Big Data Frameworks

Hadoop

Spark

Flink

Query Understanding

Result Ranking

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Statistics, or related field

Job description

TikTok USDS Joint Venture is seeking an engineer to optimize search quality and build core systems for query understanding, result ranking, and query recommendation. The role combines information retrieval with modern machine learning to enhance the TikTok search experience.

The candidate will work on large-scale, consumer-facing services, require strong programming skills (C/C++, Python, Java, or Golang), and a solid foundation in information retrieval and ML techniques.