AI Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (TikTok Search) - 2026 Start (PhD)
Core
Building and owning TikTok's search engine by combining information retrieval with modern machine learning methods including NLP, Computer Vision, and Recommender Systems.
Role type
PhD-level AI Machine Learning Engineer (Search & Information Retrieval)
Builds
Full-stack search engine system, multimodal video search, and large-scale search recommendation systems
Domain
Social Media, Search, Information Retrieval, NLP, Computer Vision
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Deep learning, NLP, Computer Vision, Multimodal learning, Large-scale distributed systems, Algorithm design, C++, Python, Java
Preferred skills
LLMs (comprehensive learning, single-modal/multi-modal), Top-tier conference publications (ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, etc.), Experience in Ads/Recommender Systems
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