Machine Learning Engineer Graduate; TikTok E-Commerce - Conversational AI BS​/MS B

Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (Tik Tok E-Commerce - Conversational AI)-2026 Start (BS/MS)

Location:

Seattle

Team:
Technology

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code: A104950

• Develop and optimize the intelligent customer service of Tik Tok shopping. This will be done in close collaboration with product and operation teams to design user‑centric solutions and convey them conversationally, utilizing cutting‑edge LLMs.
• Develop and optimize the machine translation service for Tik Tok shopping to support cross‑region product listings, buyer‑seller communication, and commenting. Focus on conversational‑environment translation models and multi‑modality text generation.
• Develop and optimize the multi‑modal AIGC model for product copywriting, including product titles, selling points, descriptions, and live‑broadcast script creation. Apply advanced AIGC models to reduce human effort and boost business performance.

• Bachelor degree or above with majors in computer science, computer engineering, statistics, applied mathematics, data science or other related disciplines, with 0–1 year of work experience.
• Experience with large language models, natural language generation, machine translation, question answering, machine reading, information extraction, text mining and classification.
• Familiarity with at least one programming language, including but not limited to Go, Python, or Java.
• Experience in big data development, including Hive and Spark.

• Work experience in e‑commerce or the Internet industry.
• Practical experience in NLP projects such as dialogue systems, machine translation, or NLP‑related work in IR/Ads systems.
• Publication of high‑quality papers, e.g., ACL, EMNLP, COLING, AAAI, IEEE TASLP, etc.

The base salary range for this position in Seattle is $118,658 – $168,150 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. Base pay is one part of the total package and may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses, incentives and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary by location. Employees receive day‑one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, paid parental leave, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, 10 paid holidays, 10 paid sick days, and 17 days of paid personal time prorated upon hire.

The Company reserves the right to modify or change benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with federal, state, and local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.

Criminal history may affect duties such as client interaction, handling confidential information, and exercising sound judgment.

Founded in 2012, Byte Dance’s mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. The company powers products like Tik Tok, Lemon8, Cap Cut, Pico, Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua.

Byte Dance’s innovative products help people express themselves authentically. Our global, diverse teams foster a culture of curiosity, humility, and impact, consistently driving breakthroughs.

Byte Dance is committed to an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued for their skills and unique perspectives. We celebrate and reflect the diverse communities we reach.

Byte Dance provides reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincere religious beliefs, or other protected reasons. Requests can be submitted at