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TikTok

Machine Learning Engineer, Ecommerce Risk Control

Seattle, Washington · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026

Experience
3+ years of hands-on experience building and delivering machine-learning models for large-scale projects; preferred: 4+ years of industry experience in predictive modeling and analysis.
Education
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or another relevant STEM field; finance may be relevant for financial fraud roles. Preferred: PhD in CS, Machine Learning, Statistics, Operations Research, or a relevant field.

About the job

Develops and deploys machine-learning systems and risk controls to detect and mitigate threats across TikTok e-commerce platforms.

What you'll do

  • Design, test, and deploy machine-learning solutions for business risks; build prototypes and validate new approaches through experiments.
  • Build data-querying infrastructure and identify evolving attacks, weaknesses, and opportunities in risk defenses.
  • Define and monitor risk metrics, coordinate numeric goals with stakeholders, and communicate results through documentation and presentations.

What they ask for

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or another relevant STEM field (finance may be relevant for financial fraud roles).
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience building and delivering machine-learning models for large-scale projects.
  • Programming experience in Java, C++, Python, or a related language.
  • Experience with predictive, machine-learning, and statistical tools, and communicating results, plans, or risks clearly.

Nice to have

  • PhD in CS, Machine Learning, Statistics, Operations Research, or a relevant field; 4+ years of industry experience in predictive modeling and analysis.
  • Experience collaborating with product, operations, and engineering teams, or working in e-commerce/online fraud or risk control.

Tools

Java, C++, Python, Scala, R, Ruby, Matlab

AI focus

Build and deploy machine-learning models and algorithms to prevent and mitigate e-commerce risks, including detecting evolving attacks and measuring risk-control outcomes.

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