Responsibilitie
You will be joining our Applied Machine Learning team, a central team responsible for delivering state-of-the-art solutions powering our company's recommendations, ads, and search systems across various products. We own the end-to-end ML lifecycle, from ideation and research to building, deploying, and iterating on models in production. We are looking for candidates who are passionate about solving complex problems and have a strong foundation in machine learning theory and practice. We are looking for a talented and motivated Research Scientist / Algorithm Engineer to join our team, where you will explore the deep integration of recommendation algorithms and large language models (LLMs) / multimodal understanding. We are looking for talented individuals to join our team. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by the end of the year. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume. Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to our Company and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early. Responsibilities: - Conduct cutting-edge research on the fusion of recommendation systems and LLMs/multimodal models, with a focus on areas including LLM4Rec, cross-platform and cross-scenario Foundation Models, hundred-billion-parameter scale models, and multimodal large models. - Drive the application and optimization of deep learning algorithms within TikTok products, spanning recommendation, advertising, multimodal understanding, and other compute-intensive domains. - Collaborate closely with engineering teams to explore and validate novel algorithms under new architectures.
Qualification
Minimum Qualifications: - Individuals who are completing or have recently completed a Undergraduate/ Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline. - Proven track record of leading high-impact projects or publications in recommendation systems, advertising, or large language model research is a strong plus. - Solid foundations in machine learning and NLP, with strong research and problem-solving capabilities; publications at top-tier venues such as ACL, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or CVPR are highly preferred. - Self-motivated, intellectually curious, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, challenge-driven environment; strong team collaboration and communication skills.
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $128000 - $256000 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.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
