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TikTok

Tech Lead, Machine Learning Engineer - TikTok-Data-Search-NLP

San Jose$254,400 – $480,000Posted Apr 16, 2026

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Responsibilities

About the Team
On the TikTok Search Team, you will have the opportunity to develop and apply cutting edge machine learning technologies in real-time large-scale systems, which serve billions of search requests every day. Via advanced NLP and multi-modal models, our projects impact and improve the search experience for hundreds of millions of users globally. We embrace a culture of self-direction, intellectual curiosity, openness, and problem-solving.

Responsibilities
• Participate in the improvement of the search core algorithm, possible directions include:
• Content understanding/matching: Applying the industry's cutting-edge NLP and CV technology to match the most relevant videos for each search query, and continuously improve the relevance of TikTok search.
• User Behavior Modeling: solving the recommendation problem in search, let TikTok search increase the ability of personalization on the basis of "relevant", and understand users better.
• Video understanding: comprehensive use of NLP, CV, and other technologies for better video understanding from the perspective of the video itself and social network, improve the authority, credibility, and usefulness of search results.
• And More!

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor or advanced degree in computer science or a related technical discipline.
• Effective communication and teamwork skills.
• Proficient coding skills and strong algorithm & data structure basis.

Preferred Qualifications:
• 5+ years of related industry experience.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas is preferred: NLP, Ranking, Ads, search engine, recommender system, distributed system, and machine learning.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $254400 - $480000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor or advanced degree in computer science or a related technical discipline.
• Effective communication and teamwork skills.
• Proficient coding skills and strong algorithm & data structure basis.

Preferred Qualifications:
• 5+ years of related industry experience.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas is preferred: NLP, Ranking, Ads, search engine, recommender system, distributed system, and machine learning.

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video and our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

Size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Technology: Consumer Internet

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