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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (TikTok-Data-Search-Local Service) - 2027 Start - **Company:** Tiktok Inc. - **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States - **Experience:** Starter - **Salary:** $121,600.0 - $243,200.0 - **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Databases, Computer Engineering, Data Mining, Distributed Systems, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Recommender Systems, Service Development Studio, Large Language Models, Backend, Information Technology, Low Latency, Data Pipelines, Programming Languages - **Published:** August 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=55c56aaebfd2fb59 ## About the Role * Individuals who are completing or have recently completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline. * Experience with at least one programming language such as Python, Java, C++, Go, or JavaScript through coursework, internships, projects, or equivalent practical experience., * Experience with search, recommendation, machine learning, information retrieval, natural language processing, ranking, data mining, or backend systems. * Familiarity with distributed systems, databases, data pipelines, online experimentation, or large-scale service development. * Experience using data or metrics to debug, evaluate, or improve a product or system. * Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills. * Interest in building Search products and systems for a large-scale consumer platform. As a condition of employment, all successful candidates must be able to establish authorization to work in the United States. For this position, the Company does not provide sponsorship or any immigration-related benefits., 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 ## Description Our Search Engineering Team is responsible for building and owning TikTok's search engine which can provide our users with the best search experience. In TikTok Search Team, you'll have the opportunity to build full-stack search engine system and combine information retrieval technology with modern machine learning methods from related fields such as NLP, CV, and recommender system. We embrace a culture of self-direction, intellectual curiosity, openness, and problem-solving., This full-time Graduate role provides early-career engineers the opportunity to join one of our engineering teams where you will have the opportunity to: Participate in the improvement of the search core algorithm, possible directions include: * Content understanding: Applying the industry's cutting-edge NLP and CV technology and leveraging LLM to match the most relevant videos for each search query, and continuously improve the relevance of TikTok search. * User Behavior Modeling: solving the recommendation problem in search, let TikTok search increase the ability of personalization on the basis of "relevant", and understand users better. * Video understanding: comprehensive use of NLP, CV, as well as LLM for better video understanding from the perspective of the video itself and social network, improve authority, credibility, and usefulness of search results. * Search systems engineering: designing, building, testing, and maintaining search services, data pipelines, tools, or platform components that support search quality, reliability, latency, and user experience. ## Related Videos - [Product Innovation through Partnerships - Search and Local Services](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100020-product-innovation-through-partnerships-search-and-local-services) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [Data Science on Software Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/162-data-science-on-software-data) - [TikTok's Privacy Innovation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1036-tiktok-s-privacy-innovation) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) ## Related Articles - [What Are Large Language Models?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/304-what-are-large-language-models) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Where to Find Entry-Level Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/397-where-to-find-entry-level-software-engineering-jobs) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [7 Most Popular Web Developer Jobs in Europe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/163-7-most-popular-web-developer-jobs-in-europe) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs)