Knowledge Graph ML Engineer

TikTok; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 301,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time

Job summary

TikTok is building a knowledge-graph-based neural network powering e-commerce features like product categorization, tagging, and attributes. Join a collaborative team responsible for knowledge graph construction and insights that feed ranking, recommendations, and ads in a fast-growing platform.

Successful candidates will have a PhD or equivalent in a relevant field and strong interest in ML/NLP, with solid programming skills in C++, Python, Go, or Java.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Strong interest or experience in machine learning, NLP, multimodal systems, or computer vision.
• Familiarity with C++, Python, Go, or Java coursework or hands-on projects.

Responsibilities

• Dive deep into building knowledge graphs for feed ranking, recommendations, and ads.
• Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and operations to craft product strategies.
• Develop knowledge graphs for product/content insights, category/brand/SPU development.
• Architect knowledge maps detailing buyer-product connections.

Skills

C++, Python, Go, Java

Teamwork & communication

ML/NLP exposure

Education

PhD in CS/Software Engineering

Tools

TensorFlow/PyTorch

Hadoop/Spark/Hive/Flink

Job description

TikTok is building a knowledge-graph-based neural network powering e-commerce features like product categorization, tagging, and attributes. Join a collaborative team responsible for knowledge graph construction and insights that feed ranking, recommendations, and ads in a fast-growing platform.

Successful candidates will have a PhD or equivalent in a relevant field and strong interest in ML/NLP, with solid programming skills in C++, Python, Go, or Java.