Senior ML Engineer — E-commerce Logistics & Supply Chain

TikTok; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 202,160 - 368,220; Full time

Job summary

TikTok invites a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to advance ETA prediction for ecommerce logistics in a Seattle-based role. You will build end‑to‑end models and analytics for the supply chain and logistics networks, leveraging deep learning and big data tools.

You will work with state‑of‑the‑art algorithms, spanning trajectory prediction, network design, and optimization, with impact on operations and customer experience.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Operations Research or related fields.
• Strong data-structures and algorithms knowledge; excellent problem-solving ability and programming skills.
• Experience in applied machine learning; familiar with algorithms such as Matrix Factorization, Factorization Machines, Word2vec, Logistic Regression, Gradient Boosting Trees, Deep Neural Networks, etc.
• Experience with at least one Big Data tool (e.g., Hive, Spark, MapReduce) and at least one deep‑learning tool (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Work experience in e‑commerce, supply chain, logistics, transportation or related fields is preferred.
• Publications in top conferences (KDD, NeurIPS, WWW, SIGIR, WSDM, CIKM, ICLR, ICML, IJCAI, AAAI) are preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in machine learning, operations research or big‑data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Build deep learning and statistical models to provide end‑to‑end ETA prediction for e‑commerce logistics.
• Use data mining tools to build logistics network knowledge graphs for situational awareness & early warning system.
• Analyze and predict spatio‑temporal trajectory sequences of express packages using DL methods.
• Build a service network design model for location selection of transshipment centers and last‑mile stations.
• Extract direction of logistics operation optimization, cost reduction and service quality improvement.
• Develop innovative and state‑of‑the‑art e‑commerce logistics models and algorithms.

Skills

Machine learning

Deep learning

Data structures

Algorithms

Programming

Education

Master’s/PhD in CS/Engineering/OR

Tools

Hive

Spark

MapReduce

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

TikTok invites a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to advance ETA prediction for ecommerce logistics in a Seattle-based role. You will build end‑to‑end models and analytics for the supply chain and logistics networks, leveraging deep learning and big data tools.

You will work with state‑of‑the‑art algorithms, spanning trajectory prediction, network design, and optimization, with impact on operations and customer experience.