TikTok
Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (TikTok-Data-Search-Basic Ranking) - 2027 Start
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Completing or recently completed a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must establish authorization to work in the United States. The Company does not provide sponsorship or any immigration-related benefits.
About the job
Build and improve TikTok Search’s ranking algorithms and supporting systems to make search results more relevant, personalized, reliable, and useful.
What you'll do
- Improve search algorithms through content and video understanding, user behavior modeling, and personalization.
- Design, build, test, and maintain search services, data pipelines, tools, and platform components.
- Apply machine learning and information retrieval methods to improve search quality and user experience.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a listed or related technical discipline.
- Experience with at least one programming language, such as Python, Java, C++, Go, or JavaScript.
- Must be able to establish authorization to work in the United States.
Nice to have
- Experience in search, recommendation, machine learning, information retrieval, NLP, ranking, data mining, or backend systems.
- Familiarity with distributed systems, databases, data pipelines, online experimentation, or large-scale service development.
Tools
Python, Java, C++, Go, JavaScript, NLP, CV, LLM
AI focus
Use NLP, CV, and LLMs for content and video understanding, query-to-video relevance, and search ranking; model user behavior to personalize search.
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