TikTok
AI Infra Engineer Graduate (Recommendation & LLM) 2027 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Completing or recently completed a PhD degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
About the job
Build and optimize distributed training and inference infrastructure for TikTok’s recommendation models and LLMs, including GPU performance and production deployment.
What you'll do
- Build infrastructure for large-scale model training and online inference.
- Develop distributed systems and optimize GPU performance and communication for recommendation models and LLMs.
- Collaborate with researchers to deploy LLM training and serving solutions and address system bottlenecks.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Strong programming skills in C++ or Python.
- Good understanding of data structures, algorithms, and computer systems; familiarity with PyTorch or TensorFlow.
- Knowledge of Transformer architectures and LLMs.
Nice to have
- Hands-on LLM training or inference experience through research, internships, or open-source projects; familiarity with distributed training concepts.
- GPU programming experience with CUDA, Triton, or similar technologies; understanding of LLM serving techniques such as KV Cache, Continuous Batching, or FlashAttention.
Tools
C++, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, CUDA, Triton, FSDP, ZeRO
AI focus
Develop and optimize large-scale recommendation and LLM training, inference, serving, and GPU infrastructure.
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