ML Engineer, Risk & Integrity Platform

TikTok USDS Joint Venture; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC seeks a senior platform risk engineer to shape the US risk & integrity backbone, spanning account integrity, content safety and financial risk. You’ll build risk representations from video, audio and behavior data and drive cross-domain safeguards.

You will lead integration of Generative AI and multimodal models, designing scalable ML infrastructure while collaborating with global teams to maintain robust defenses against evolving threats in a fast-moving tech

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications include a STEM bachelor's or higher degree.
• Solid foundation in ML with Transformer and GNN experience.
• Strong coding skills in Python, C++, or Go; familiarity with distributed computing and PyTorch.
• A passion for building risk infrastructure and communicating across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead algorithmic architecture and governance for US TikTok risk domains.
• Build high-precision risk representations from multimodal data.
• Research adversarial defenses and integrate Generative AI in risk lifecycles.
• Collaborate across global teams to balance precision and automated enforcement.

Skills

Transformer architectures

GNN architectures

Model evaluation systems

Python

C++

Go

Distributed computing

PyTorch

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field

Tools

Spark

Flink

PyTorch

Job description

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC seeks a senior platform risk engineer to shape the US risk & integrity backbone, spanning account integrity, content safety and financial risk. You’ll build risk representations from video, audio and behavior data and drive cross-domain safeguards.

You will lead integration of Generative AI and multimodal models, designing scalable ML infrastructure while collaborating with global teams to maintain robust defenses against evolving threats in a fast-moving tech