TikTok

Machine Learning Engineer, TikTok - Business Governance

TikTok$156K — $387K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, or related fields
  • Strong understanding of machine learning and deep learning methodologies
  • Hands-on experience with Python, PyTorch, and large-scale data processing
  • Proven problem-solving abilities and collaboration skills in cross-functional teams
  • Preferred experience with LLM post-training techniques and AI Agents

Responsibilities

  • Develop algorithms for content safety on multiple platforms including TikTok and Lemon8
  • Utilize machine learning and deep learning to enhance content moderation and operational efficiency
  • Lead training and deployment of large language models for content safety
  • Explore and implement advanced capabilities like AI Agents and multimodal reasoning
  • Drive productionization of intelligent moderation systems

Benefits

  • Day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match
  • Paid parental leave and disability coverage
  • Life insurance and wellbeing benefits
  • 10 paid holidays and 10 paid sick days per year
  • 17 days of Paid Personal Time with increasing accruals
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Responsibilities - What You'II Do - Develop content safety algorithms for TikTok, Lemon8, and short-form drama platforms, covering multimodal understanding and risk detection across video, text, image, and audio - Leverage machine learning, deep learning, and large model technologies to improve content moderation pipelines, enhance operational efficiency, and ensure model robustness and production stability - Own the training and application of LLMs and MLLMs for content safety use cases, including post-training techniques such as SFT, RLHF, DPO, and safety alignment - Drive the exploration and productionization of emerging capabilities such as AI Agents, multimodal reasoning, and video understanding to build next-generation intelligent moderation systems

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, or related fields - Strong understanding of machine learning and deep learning, with familiarity with Transformer architectures, LLMs, and MLLMs - Hands-on experience in Python, PyTorch, distributed training, and large-scale data processing, with solid algorithmic and engineering capabilities - Proven ability to solve complex problems and collaborate effectively in cross-functional teams, with a track record of driving projects to high-quality execution Preferred Qualifications: - Hands-on experience with LLM post-training, multimodal understanding, AI Agents, or Trust & Safety systems is desirable - Publications in academic conferences such as NeurIPS,ICML,ICLR,CVPR,ECCV,ICCV,ACL,EMNLP,NAACL,Interspeech,ICASSP, and others are a strong plus

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $156000 - $387600 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

About TikTok

TikTok is a social media app that allows users to create and share short videos. The app was launched in 2016 by Chinese tech company ByteDance. TikTok has become one of the most popular social media apps in the world, with over 1 billion active users. The app has been downloaded over 2 billion times worldwide. TikTok has faced controversy over its data privacy practices and its potential ties to the Chinese government. In 2020, the app faced a potential ban in the United States, but a deal was reached with Oracle and Walmart to create a new company called TikTok Global.
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1,750 employees
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Founded
2012

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