PhD ML Engineer Intern, E-Commerce Knowledge Graph

TikTok; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

10 paid holidays per year

Paid sick time (56 hours or 40 hours)

Housing allowance (if not 100% remote)

Job summary

TikTok invites PhD students to join the Knowledge Graph team in Seattle as an internship. You will work on building and refining knowledge graphs for products, content, and brand attributes, while collaborating with the recommendation team.

The role blends hands-on research with real-world product impact and cross-team collaboration. The internship offers hands-on learning, community-building, and professional development events, with exposure to industry experts.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a PhD in CS/CE/SE or related field.
• Experience in ML/NLP, knowledge graphs, or related areas.
• Experience in CV, multimodal learning, or recognition fields.
• Familiar with DL frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow) and ML methods.
• Strong coding skills in Python/Java/C/C++, Spark; analytical mindset.

Responsibilities

• Craft intricate knowledge graphs covering product/content insights and category/brand/SPU development.
• Architect knowledge maps detailing buyer and product connections.

Skills

Python/Java/C++

PyTorch/TensorFlow

NLP/Knowledge Graph

Analytical thinking

Research in ML/Graphs

Strong problem-solving

Education

PhD in CS/CE/SE or related

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Spark

Hadoop

Hive

Flink

Job description

TikTok invites PhD students to join the Knowledge Graph team in Seattle as an internship. You will work on building and refining knowledge graphs for products, content, and brand attributes, while collaborating with the recommendation team.

The role blends hands-on research with real-world product impact and cross-team collaboration. The internship offers hands-on learning, community-building, and professional development events, with exposure to industry experts.