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# Machine Learning Engineer

- **Company:** Tiktok Inc
- **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $162,000.0 - $316,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Content Analysis, Data Structures, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Recommender Systems, Information Technology, Search Engines, Multiaccess Edge Computing, Software Coding
- **Published:** October 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/tiktok/machine-learning-engineer-tiktokdatasearchbasic-ranking

## About the Role

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

 - Effective communication and teamwork skills.
 - Proficient coding skills and strong algorithm & data structure basis.

Preferred Qualifications:

 - Experience in one or more of the following areas is preferred: NLP, Ranking, Ads, search engine, recommender system, distributed system, and machine learning.

## Description

About the Team
On the TikTok Search Team, you will have the opportunity to develop and apply cutting edge machine learning technologies in real-time large-scale systems, which serve billions of search requests every day. Via advanced NLP and multi-modal models, our projects impact and improve the search experience for hundreds of millions of users globally. We embrace a culture of self-direction, intellectual curiosity, openness, and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

 - Participate in the improvement of the search core algorithm, possible directions include:
 - Content understanding/matching: Applying the industry's cutting-edge NLP and CV technology to match the most relevant videos for each search query, and continuously improve the relevance of TikTok search.


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