Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (E-Commerce Governance) - 2027 Start

TikTok; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is hiring for a Governance and Experience Algorithm role in the United States. You will contribute to safeguarding e-commerce experiences by developing and refining AI-driven detection and risk-control algorithms, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to scale platform capabilities.

Qualified graduates with strong CS fundamentals and ML/AI knowledge will help advance state-of-the-art methods, with onboarding by year end and opportunities for growth within a global company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline.
• Strong coding skills in Linux, proficiency in Python, Go or C++.
• Solid data structures/algorithms foundation and ML/DL theory knowledge.
• Familiar with NLP/CV/Multimodal/graph algorithms/search/text mining/LLMs.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Identify algorithms for risk/violation/low-quality issues in e-commerce contexts (products, shopping carts, live content).
• Mine and detect fraudulent behavior and risky merchants/creators.
• Optimize large-scale brand libraries, products, and content deduplication/clustering.
• Support data construction, instruction fine-tuning, CoT, and alignment for large models in e-commerce.
• Explore reinforcement learning and operations research for audit scheduling and dispatching.

Skills

Python

Go

C++

ML Theory

NLP

CV

Multimodal

Graph Algorithms

Data Structures

Problem Solving

Communication

Teamwork

Education

B.S. in Software Development / CS / CE

M.S. in Software Development / CS / CE

Job description

Responsibilities

The Governance and Experience Algorithm team was established in September 2020 and its main job is to support the following businesses with the most advanced AI technology：

• Combat any kinds of risks/violations issues in E-commerce scenarios.
• Build an E-commerce ecosystem and improve platform service capabilities

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by the end of the year. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to our Company and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Minimum Qualifications

• Individuals who are completing or have recently completed a Bachelor's degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related discipline.
• Solid coding skills, ability to develop in a Linux environment, proficient in Python, Go, or C++
• Solid foundation in data structures/algorithms, proficient in machine learning/deep learning theory, and rich practical experience
• Familiar with 1-2 areas in natural language processing, computer vision, multimodal, graph algorithms, search algorithms, text/data mining, and LLM
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, passionate about challenging problems

Preferred Qualifications

• Individuals who are completing or have recently completed a Master's degree in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related discipline.
• Good team spirit and strong communication skills
• Experience in platform governance/audit/risk control/content security or overseas internet/e-commerce business

Responsibilities

• Responsible for identifying algorithms for risk/violation/low-quality issues in e-commerce scenarios such as products, shopping cart short videos, and live streaming with products.
• Responsible for mining and identifying algorithms to detect fraudulent behaviors and identify risky, violated, or low-quality merchants and creators.
• Responsible for optimizing algorithms for large-scale brand libraries, products, and content deduplication/clustering.
• Responsible for data construction, instruction fine-tuning, CoT, alignment, and other work for large models in the e-commerce domain, aiming for ultimate effect optimization in the e-commerce domain.
• Responsible for exploring reinforcement learning and operational research algorithms in intelligent dispatching and intelligent audit scheduling to improve audit quality and efficiency.

Job Information

Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $121600 - $243200 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and