ML Engineer: Creator Ecology & Governance

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

Job summary

TikTok is seeking an AI governance specialist to protect and optimize its global e-commerce ecosystem. You will develop signals to profile creators, detect low-quality or pirated content, and build explainable governance agents.

Responsibilities include graph-based risk analysis, cross-domain risk propagation, and multi-objective optimization to balance ecosystem prosperity with governance safety. Join a mission-driven, data-driven team shaping a fair, thriving creator economy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in computer science or related field.
• Proficient in Python/C++ with strong hands-on experience in PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Deep expertise in NLP/LLM, Graph Neural Networks (GNN), Sequence Modeling, or Machine Learning.
• 1+ years of experience in Content Governance, Trust & Safety, Creator Ecology, or Advertising/Search/Recommendation.

Responsibilities

• Creator Governance & Quality Modeling: develop multi-modal signals to build Creator Quality Scores and detect low-quality or malicious content.
• LLM & RAG Intelligent Governance: build LLM+RAG systems with explainable reasoning to guide creator education and improvement.
• Graph Intelligence & Syndicate Detection: construct large heterogeneous graphs to uncover relationships and detect bad actors; track risk propagation across markets.

Skills

Python/C++

NLP/LLM

Graph Neural Networks

Sequence Modeling

Machine Learning

Content Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree or above in computer science or related field

Job description

TikTok is seeking an AI governance specialist to protect and optimize its global e-commerce ecosystem. You will develop signals to profile creators, detect low-quality or pirated content, and build explainable governance agents.

Responsibilities include graph-based risk analysis, cross-domain risk propagation, and multi-objective optimization to balance ecosystem prosperity with governance safety. Join a mission-driven, data-driven team shaping a fair, thriving creator economy.