Engineer Graduate: (Machine Learning Engineer - Local Services Search BS​/MS

Position: Engineer Graduate: (Machine Learning Engineer - Local Services Search) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)
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Responsibilities

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at Tik Tok.

Responsibilities

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at Tik Tok.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2026. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to Tik Tok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

The Data-Search-Tik Tok-Local Services team enhances local services by improving user discovery of hospitality, dining, and leisure experiences while driving ecosystem growth. They leverage large-scale machine learning to refine search and recommendation systems, focusing on personalized relevance, CTR/CVR prediction, and optimized conversion efficiency for billions of users.

Responsibilities:

• Support the local video service business to enhance user discovery of life services such as hospitality, dining, and leisure.

• Improve the search experience in local services and promote ecosystem growth.

• Utilize large-scale machine learning techniques in search and recommendation scenarios with billions of users to:
Improve user shopping experiences & Enhance conversion efficiency.

• Design and implement local services search algorithms across the full stack, including:
Query analysis, relevance, recall, coarse ranking, fine ranking, and blended ranking. Personalized behavior modeling for relevance computation.
CTR (Click-Through Rate) prediction, CVR (Conversion Rate) prediction. Vector recall and value blending.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Final year or recent graduate with a background in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong foundation in machine learning and deep learning, with experience in: NLP (Natural Language Processing).
Personalization.

• Exceptional coding skills with solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms.

• Proficiency in Linux development environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in search, recommendation, or advertisement algorithms.

• Familiarity with local life services and e-commerce businesses.
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Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $$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.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 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…