LLM & Multimodal ML Engineer for E-commerce

Latitude; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare insurance

401(k) with match

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Holidays

Sick leave

Paid personal time

Job summary

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is seeking a passionate graduate to join our team as an ML engineer focused on building LLM-based systems that process high‑dimensional unstructured data from diverse sources.

You will define semantic understanding frameworks, including intent classification and entity extraction, and apply state‑of‑the‑art techniques to improve model performance. This role emphasizes production readiness and collaboration with cross‑functional teams.

Qualifications

• Must have or be completing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field.
• Experience in ML/NLP/CV domains is preferred.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language among C++, Python, Go, Java.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop LLM-based systems to process high-dimensional unstructured data.
• Define semantic understanding frameworks including intent classification and entity extraction.
• Apply techniques like Instruction Tuning, RLHF/DPO, and Contextual Prompt Engineering.
• Optimize model serving with quantization, distillation, and efficient attention mechanisms.

Skills

Machine Learning

NLP

Computer Vision

C++

Python

Go

Java

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering/Math/Statistics or related

Job description

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is seeking a passionate graduate to join our team as an ML engineer focused on building LLM-based systems that process high‑dimensional unstructured data from diverse sources.

You will define semantic understanding frameworks, including intent classification and entity extraction, and apply state‑of‑the‑art techniques to improve model performance. This role emphasizes production readiness and collaboration with cross‑functional teams.