Senior ML Manager, Trust & Safety (LLM Moderation)

TikTok Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 308,000 - 588,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Holidays and paid time off

Job summary

TikTok Inc. is seeking a senior machine learning leader to design and deploy next‑generation LLM‑based moderation systems in a fast‑growing Trust and Safety organization.

You will build scalable classifiers and predictive models and partner with engineering to deploy pipelines at scale, while aligning with product goals to strengthen trust and safety across the platform. You will work with data analysts to identify patterns, lead a small team, and drive the strategy for detecting harmful content

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on experience in one or more areas: ML, DL, CV, NLP, Audio, content understanding or large-scale ML platforms preferred.
• LLM and Multimodal LLM experience preferred.
• At least 1 year of people management experience.
• Proficient in DL frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow, and languages such as Python or Java.
• Good programming skills in Python and data structures/algorithms.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in designing next generation LLM based moderation solutions.
• Develop highly scalable classifiers, predictive models and algorithms with cutting-edge technologies.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to implement model pipelines and deploy services at scale.
• Collaborate with product teams to define objectives and improve trust and safety strategy.
• Collaborate with data analysts to understand and find data patterns.

Skills

Machine learning

Deep learning

Computer vision

NLP

LLM

Multimodal LLM

People management

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Python

Java

Data structures

Algorithms

Communication

Teamwork

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

TikTok Inc. is seeking a senior machine learning leader to design and deploy next‑generation LLM‑based moderation systems in a fast‑growing Trust and Safety organization.

You will build scalable classifiers and predictive models and partner with engineering to deploy pipelines at scale, while aligning with product goals to strengthen trust and safety across the platform. You will work with data analysts to identify patterns, lead a small team, and drive the strategy for detecting harmful content