Machine Learning Engineer, Search Recommendation

TikTok
San Jose, California

About the job

The Search Growth team is at the forefront of developing the search recommendation algorithm for TikTok's rapidly expanding global e-commerce enterprise. Utilizing cutting-edge machine learning technology, advanced NLP, CV, recommendation, and multi-modal technology, we're shaping a pioneering engine within the industry. Our objective is to deliver the ultimate e-commerce search experience to over 1 billion active TikTok users worldwide. Our mission: to create a world where 'there are no hard-to-sell, overpriced products.'

Responsibilities

- Enhance search recommendation services and models for TikTok, driving increased search traffic on TikTok and TikTok Mall, while also improving user's search understanding.

- Optimize the recommender system based on hyperscale machine learning models, covering a range of tasks from recall/first-stage ranking to final-stage ranking in the end-to-end workflow.

- Explore the upper limits of short text recommendation and general recommendation technology, with a focus on the interaction between recommendation and NLP technology.

Qualifications

Minimum

- 3+ years of work experience in machine learning. Good product sense with a focus on user experience.

- Bachelor or advanced degree in computer science or a related technical discipline.

- Excellent coding skills. Solid knowledge of data structure and algorithms.

- Excellent in analysis, modeling and problem-solving, and can see the essence of problems from complex data.

Preferred

No preferred qualifications listed.