Machine Learning Engineer (Search Recommendation - E-commerce), TikTok Search

岗位职责 / Responsibilities

About the team

The Search Growth E-commerce 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.

Responsibilities

- Elevate search recommendation services and models for TikTok E-commerce, driving heightened e-commerce search traffic on both TikTok and TikTok Mall, while enhancing user search and purchasing cognition.

- Optimize the recommender system, focusing on hyperscale machine learning models. This involves diverse tasks spanning recall/first-stage ranking to final-stage ranking within the end-to-end workflow.

- Push the boundaries of short text and general recommendation technology, with a specific emphasis on the interaction between recommendation and NLP technology.

任职要求 / Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

- 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.

- Publication records in top journals or conferences will be a plus. Experience winning ACM-ICPC medals will be a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

- 3+ years of machine learning experience

- Good product sense with a focus on user experience.

- Domain knowledge or working experience in any of these areas: modern Recommendation, Search, Advertisement, E-commerce.