TikTok

Senior LLM Evaluation Researcher - TikTok

TikTok$108K — $288K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in LLM evaluation or related research
  • Proven experience designing AI quality assessment frameworks
  • Strong organizational and detail-oriented skills
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Master's degree or higher preferred, ideally in Cognitive Science or similar fields

Responsibilities

  • Develop deep understanding of LLM capabilities and stay updated with research
  • Own the online experience quality for Tako by building an evaluation framework
  • Apply qualitative and quantitative research methodologies for response quality
  • Collaborate with international teams to execute evaluation programs
  • Identify experience gaps and translate findings into actionable improvements

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage
  • Life insurance and wellbeing benefits
  • 10 paid holidays and 10 paid sick days each year
  • 17 days of Paid Personal Time with accrual increases by tenure
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

About the Team: We are looking for a passionate and detail-oriented specialist to join our AI experience team. In this role, you will be responsible for defining and driving the evaluation framework for Tako's AI-powered features, ensuring our large language model (LLM) responses meet the highest standards of quality, relevance, and user satisfaction. Responsibilities - Develop a deep understanding of LLM capabilities and stay current with the latest research paradigms in model evaluation; apply both qualitative and quantitative user research methodologies to explore and define the ideal response quality standard for AI in diverse use cases. - Own the end-to-end online experience quality of Tako; design and build a comprehensive evaluation framework by integrating internal expert assessments, crowdsourced testing, and LLM-based automated evaluation; identify experience gaps and translate findings into prioritized, actionable improvement recommendations for the team. - Collaborate with international operations teams to drive the execution of evaluation programs, including the maintenance and curation of evaluation datasets, as well as the routine execution and analysis of benchmark assessments.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification(s): - 3+ years of hands-on experience in LLM evaluation or related research; proven track record in designing AI quality assessment frameworks; - Highly organized and detail-oriented with strong logical thinking; excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams. Preferred Qualification(s): - Master's degree or above; background in Cognitive Science, Educational Measurement, or quantitative Social Science research is preferred. - Experience in user research and data analysis projects is a plus. - High level of self-motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $108800 - $288000 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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