ML Engineer: Local Services Search & Personalization

TikTok Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 317,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok Inc. is seeking a data scientist/software engineer to advance local services discovery by improving search and recommendations for hospitality, dining, and leisure experiences.

You will work on large-scale ML systems, optimize CTR/CVR, and implement end-to-end ranking across the full stack. The role focuses on personalization for billions of users and ecosystem growth, with emphasis on data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in ML and deep learning.
• Experience with NLP applications.
• Excellent coding skills and knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Proficiency with Linux development environments.

Responsibilities

• Support the local video service business to improve user discovery of life services such as hospitality, dining, and leisure.
• Improve the search experience in local services and promote ecosystem growth.
• Apply large-scale ML techniques in search and recommendation scenarios for billions of users.
• Design and implement local services search algorithms across the full stack, including query analysis, relevance, recall, ranking, and personalization.

Skills

Machine learning

Deep learning

NLP

Algorithms

Data structures

Linux

Job description

TikTok Inc. is seeking a data scientist/software engineer to advance local services discovery by improving search and recommendations for hospitality, dining, and leisure experiences.

You will work on large-scale ML systems, optimize CTR/CVR, and implement end-to-end ranking across the full stack. The role focuses on personalization for billions of users and ecosystem growth, with emphasis on data-driven decision making.