Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (TikTok Trust and Safety) - 2027 Start

About the role

The algorithm team develops state-of-the-art computer vision, NLP, and multimodality models and algorithms to protect our platform and users from content and behaviors that violate community guidelines and related regulations. We aim to provide the best user experience and bring joy to everyone in the world. As a graduate, you will have opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Successful candidates must commit to an onboarding date by the end of the year.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product teams to define business objectives and improve trust and safety strategy.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy machine learning models, design online model workflow, and implement serving pipelines at scale.
• Collaborate with the data scientist team to understand key challenges and propose data-driven strategies.
• Work on state-of-the-art content understanding techniques, including but not limited to unimodal/multimodal content classifiers, learning models, reinforcement learning models, and large language models.

Requirements

• Completing or recently completed a Bachelor's/Master's degree in computer science or a related discipline.
• Hands-on or academic experience in one or more of the following areas: machine learning, large language models, recommendation systems, and related fields.
• Strong coding skills.
• Curiosity toward new technologies and entrepreneurship, with good communication and teamwork skills.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $128,000 – $256,000 annually. Compensation may vary based on qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the total package, which may include additional discretionary bonuses, incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits

• Day-one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) savings plan with company match.
• Paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, and life insurance.
• Wellbeing benefits.
• 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).

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, with additional offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Work Environment

This role involves interacting with content related to bullying, hate speech, child safety, depictions of harm to self and others, and harm to animals. Exposure to harmful content is possible on a daily basis. TikTok recognizes the emotional and psychological demands of this work and is committed to supporting employee wellbeing through comprehensive, evidence-based programs.