PhD ML Engineer — Search & Ranking (Graduate)

TikTok; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 162.000 - 317.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Short/long-term disability coverage

Paid holidays and paid time off

Zusammenfassung

TikTok is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (PhD) for the TikTok-Data-Search-Basic Ranking track in San Jose. This early-career role focuses on applying NLP, CV, and multilingual models to improve video search relevance and personalization.

You will work within a fast-paced team on full-stack search tech and scalable ML systems. Applicants should be finishing or have finished a PhD and will onboard after graduation, with opportunities to publish and contribute to cutting-edge

Qualifikationen

• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, AI, Information Retrieval, NLP, Data Mining, Statistics or related field.
• Must have graduated with an applicable degree before onboarding.
• Experience in search, information retrieval, ranking, recommendation systems, NLP, multimodal learning, LLMs, data mining, or ML systems.

Aufgaben

• Contribute to applied research and improvements of the search core algorithm.
• Apply NLP, CV and multimodal techniques to improve relevance and matching for video search.
• Model user behavior to enhance personalization in search and ranking.
• Translate research ideas into scalable product improvements and practical systems.

Jobbeschreibung

TikTok is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (PhD) for the TikTok-Data-Search-Basic Ranking track in San Jose. This early-career role focuses on applying NLP, CV, and multilingual models to improve video search relevance and personalization.

You will work within a fast-paced team on full-stack search tech and scalable ML systems. Applicants should be finishing or have finished a PhD and will onboard after graduation, with opportunities to publish and contribute to cutting-edge