TikTok
Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (TikTok-Data-Search-Recommendation) - 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 algorithms and systems to deliver relevant, personalized, reliable search results.
What you'll do
- Improve search algorithms through content and video understanding and user behavior modeling.
- Apply NLP, CV, and LLMs to match queries with relevant videos and improve search quality.
- Design, build, test, and maintain search services, data pipelines, tools, or platform components.
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, through coursework, internships, projects, or equivalent practical experience.
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
NLP, CV, LLM, Python, Java, C++, Go, JavaScript
AI focus
Use NLP, CV, and LLMs for content and video understanding, query-to-video relevance, and personalized search.
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