Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (Monetization Technology - GenAI , Ads Creative & Ecosystem) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

d iteration. We are striving to focus on creative insights direction, grow business understanding, build highly scalable and reliable software/infrastructure, partner across functions with global teams, and make big impacts. If you are someone who welcomes challenges, we are eager to have you on the team!

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at TikTok.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2026. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Responsibilities:

1. AI-Powered Video Editing: Assist in developing AI-driven video editing features, including multilingual script generation, video clip recommendations, and automatic video enhancement.
2. Automated Image/Video Generation: Contribute to building systems that generate images and videos from content descriptions and visual references, leveraging data-driven strategies to improve content quality.
3. Model Training and Fine-tuning: Participate in training and fine-tuning machine learning models for content generation, ensuring high quality and relevance of outputs.
4. Data Management and Preprocessing: Assist in preparing and cleaning data for model training, ensuring data quality and supporting effective model performance.
5. Collaboration and Problem Solving: Work with cross-functional teams, including engineers and product managers, to implement AI solutions that meet business requirements and optimize product features.
6. Technology Engaging: Stay updated on the latest advancements in multimodal and generative AI, integrating relevant technologies into product development to enhance capabilities.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Final year or recent graduate with a background in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, Electronic Information Engineering, or related fields, with a solid understanding of advertising and creative technology. Passionate about AI and content creation, with the ability to design AI solutions that align with business objectives.
2. Strong foundation in computer vision and deep learning, familiar with neural network architectures and algorithms. Proficient with training frameworks like DeepSpeed and Megatron, and acceleration techniques such as model distillation, pruning, quantization, MoE, and FlashAttention.
3. Knowledge of advanced multimodal and generative AI models, including CLIP, BEIT, CoCa, BLIP2, InstructionBLIP, Flamingo, ChatGPT, LLaMA, Qwen-VL, and StableDiffusion.
4. Ability to enhance the quality of image and video creatives using methods such as Prompt Engineering, pre/post-processor plugin optimization, RAG/GraphRAG, AI-Agents, and Fine-tuning.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Hands-on experience in model development and AI project deployment, with expertise in multimodal classification, retrieval, content matching, and video captioning.
2. Strong skills in creating high-quality content using LLM/MLLM/AIGC technologies.
3. Insight into the technical roadmap and trends in AI subfields like audio, image, video, and natural language processing. Preference for candidates with top-tier publications in relevant AI areas.

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Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $115200 - $231000 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.