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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