Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Search Recommendation

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Enhance search recommendation services and models for TikTok, driving increased search traffic on TikTok and TikTok Mall, while also improving user's search understanding.
• Optimize the recommender system based on hyperscale machine learning models, covering tasks from recall/first-stage ranking to final-stage ranking in the end-to-end workflow.
• Explore the upper limits of short text recommendation and general recommendation technology, focusing on the interaction between recommendation and NLP technology.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to fellow teammates.

Requirements

• 5+ years of work experience in machine learning.
• Good product sense with a focus on user experience.
• Domain knowledge or working experience in modern Recommendation, Search, Advertisement, or E-commerce.
• Bachelor's or advanced degree in computer science or a related technical discipline.
• Excellent coding skills with solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Strong analysis, modeling, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify the essence of complex data problems.
• Publication records in top journals or conferences will be a plus.
• Experience winning ACM-ICPC medals will be a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or advanced degree in computer science or a related technical discipline.

Benefits & Perks

• Annual base salary range of $194,000 - $355,000, depending on qualifications, skills, and location.
• Additional discretionary bonuses, incentives, and restricted stock units may be offered.
• Day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) savings plan with company match.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Life insurance and wellbeing benefits.
• 10 paid holidays per year.
• 10 paid sick days per year.
• 17 days of Paid Personal Time, prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure.