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Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (E-Commerce User Growth) - 2027 Start (PhD)

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

Education
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field; completing or recently completed.

About the job

Develops and optimizes e-commerce user-growth and marketing algorithms, including personalized recommendations, messaging, and intelligent marketing.

What you'll do

  • Optimize user-value modeling, personalized messaging, recommendations, and intelligent marketing algorithms.
  • Build a user-lifecycle data and value system to address TikTok Mall user-growth challenges.
  • Implement and improve growth solutions, including personalized notifications and recommendation systems, to increase e-commerce DAU, penetration, and GMV.

What they ask for

  • Completing or recently completed a PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Experience with C++ and Python.
  • Proficiency in at least one Big Data tool and one deep-learning tool.
  • Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures, excellent coding skills, and strong communication and teamwork skills.

Nice to have

  • Published papers in top AI conferences or journals, or notable results in ACM or machine-learning competitions.
  • Experience in recommendation systems, advertising, user growth, or intelligent marketing; expertise in LTV estimation, uplift modeling, operations research, sequence modeling, or multi-scenario modeling optimization is a plus.

Tools

C++, Python, Hive SQL, Spark, MapReduce, TensorFlow, PyTorch

AI focus

Optimizes recommendation, user-growth, and intelligent marketing algorithms, including user-value modeling, uplift models, and personalized messaging.

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)