Research Scientist, Generative AI for E-commerce

TikTok Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 218,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok Inc. is seeking graduates with a strong ML background to work on the Global E-commerce Data team in a cutting-edge project building a multimodal foundation model for e-commerce, including task planning, tool usage, and multi-turn interactions.

You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to solve technical and business challenges and drive GMV growth. The role emphasizes research rigor, publications or patents, and contribution to a foundational model that integrates users,

Qualifications

• PhD candidates or recent graduates in software or CS.
• Strong ML foundation; publications or competition experience preferred.
• Experience with Hadoop/MapReduce/Spark.
• Experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch; knowledge of mixed precision and distributed training.

Responsibilities

• Design algorithms and systems that leverage LLMs and generative models for content-to-commerce matching, product summarization, etc.
• Explore novel architectures and strategies for generative recommendation systems
• Contribute to the research community via internal papers, patents, or external publications
• Drive scientific rigor while balancing real-world constraints

Skills

Machine Learning

Publications/Competitions

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Hadoop

Spark

MapReduce

Big Data

Education

PhD in CS/Engineering

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Hadoop

Spark

MapReduce

Job description

TikTok Inc. is seeking graduates with a strong ML background to work on the Global E-commerce Data team in a cutting-edge project building a multimodal foundation model for e-commerce, including task planning, tool usage, and multi-turn interactions.

You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to solve technical and business challenges and drive GMV growth. The role emphasizes research rigor, publications or patents, and contribution to a foundational model that integrates users,