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TikTok

Machine Learning Engineer - Content Growth

TikTok, San Jose, CA


Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.

About the Team
Content growth team is an important part of TikTok machine learning. Our main focus is using algorithm approaches to better grow the number of high-quality creators, motivate them to create more videos and thus enrich the overall quality and diversity of the contents on our platform. Our team's work is vital to the success of the mission to make our product an inclusive and enjoyable platform for users across all age groups and from all backgrounds.

Responsibilities
- Build the industry leading recommendation system for short-form video
- Improve recommendation quality via sophisticated ML modeling and domain knowledge
- Optimize creator and viewer experience by developing better user behavior understanding through advanced data mining techniques

Qualifications

- 1-3 years+ of industry experience
- Strong coding, data, and algorithm fundamentals
- Excellent analytical skills and passion for tackling challenging problems
- Keen insight and interest in the product
- Solid teamwork capabilities
- Experience in one or more machine learning, natural language processing, and data mining
- Background in recommendation systems, advertising, creator and/or search is a plus

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at [redacted].