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TikTok

Machine Learning Engineer, Content Understanding

TikTok, San Jose, California, United States, 95199


Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join UsCreation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.

About the TeamOur team's mission is to empower content understanding in TikTok businesses. Computer vision and natural language processing are important dimensions in video content understanding. We are working on cutting-edge content understanding topics including weakly-supervised learning, few-shot classification, video tagging, multi-task learning, multi-lingual learning, multi-modality pretraining, etc.

ResponsibilitiesConducting development and research on cutting-edge CV, NLP, multi-modality and recommendation topicsFollowing SoTA progress in relevant fields and transform the ideas into productionLife-cycle model development, from model training, deployment, maintenance, till its use in business scenarios

QualificationsExperience in one or more areas of computer vision, natural language processing and machine learningSolid knowledge and experience with at least one major deep learning framework (e.g. PyTorch, Tensorflow, MXNet, Caffe/Caffe2)Familiar with deep neural network architectures such as transformer/SSM/CNN/RNN/LSTM etcStrong analytical and problem-solving skillsAbility to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications:Degree in computer science, electrical engineering or related fieldsAuthors with publications in top-tier venues such as SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at gprd.accommodations@tiktok.com.

Job Information:The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $126000 - $221760 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match.Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans.10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year.12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.Generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra.A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements.The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

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