Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (TikTok Shop Global E-Commerce, Recommendation Alliance) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

y 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

• Build and design large-scale machine learning algorithms to model the real-time interests of creators to improve conversion efficiency.
• Optimize TikTok's massive commodity relationship mining and ranking and recall of creators' product recommendations, and improve the overall GMV of the platform.
• Use the large scale of data to deeply analyze the behavior of creators and merchants and build targeted algorithm strategies to empower creators and merchants, improve merchants' monetization efficiency, and boost industrial upgrading.
• Support the rapid development of TikTok's e-commerce business, serve millions of merchants, explore more efficient business models, satisfy users with the best shopping experience, and promote ecological development.
• Support the production of scalable and optimised AI/machine learning (ML) models.
• Focus on building algorithms for the extraction, transformation and loading of large volumes of realtime, unstructured data to deploy AI/ML solutions from theoretical data science models.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Undergraduate, or Postgraduate who is currently pursuing a degree/master in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Solid theoretical understanding of machine learning, with familiarity with algorithms such as Collaborative Filtering, Matrix Factorization, Factorization Machines, Word2vec, Logistic Regression, Gradient Boosting Trees, and Deep Neural Networks.
• Experience in training and deploying models using frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, or MXNet.
• Strong learning ability, with excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Publications at conferences such as KDD, NeurIPS, WWW, SIGIR, WSDM, CIKM, ICLR, ICML, IJCAI, AAAI, RecSys, and similar.
• Practical Experience: Experience from internships, research, or projects, especially in fields like e-commerce, recommendations, or search engines.
• Problem Solving and Creativity: Passionate about technology and solving challenging problems, with high levels of creativity and quick problem-solving capabilities.

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