Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (Ads Core) – 2025 Start (BS/MS) Full-time

Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok’s global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok’s purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That’s how we drive impact – for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.

We are the Ads Core Team from TikTok Global Monetization Technology. Our core mission is to generate revenue and optimize the user experience on the world’s leading short-form video platform.
Within the global monetization and advertising landscape, we are responsible for accelerating TikTok revenue growth through advanced machine learning technology and delivering optimal user experience solutions.
You will be part of a team that’s optimizing ads format and ranking strategies, and you will be responsible for bringing a better return on investment for advertisers.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2025. As a graduate, you will get unparalleled opportunities for you to kickstart your career, pursue bold ideas and explore limitless growth opportunities. Co-create a future driven by your inspiration with TikTok.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2025.

We will prioritize candidates who are able to commit to these start dates. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early.

Candidates can apply for a maximum of TWO positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you applied for. The application limit is applicable to TikTok and its affiliates’ jobs globally.

Responsibilities:
– Research and develop a global advanced advertising delivery system through frontier technologies, including ML/DL, RL, LLM and also scaling law in ads recommendation.
– Optimize efficiency across the entire advertising funnel, including Recall&Rough-sort, Fine-sort(ctr/cvr), format/creative personalization and system resource allocation.
– Design and set up system framework and standard to continuously improve overall modeling efficiency.
– Build the delivery pipeline, including modeling, bidding, traffic strategy, optimizing organic video recommendation systems, adapting to a variety of vertical business needs.
– Influence overall user experience and revenue targets, positioning us as a core component of the entire organization.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
– Graduate with a background in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
– Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
– Solid programming skills, proficient in C/C++ and Python. Familiar with basic data structure and algorithms. Familiar with Linux development environment.
– Good theoretical grounding in machine learning/deep learning/algorithm concepts and techniques.
– Familiar with architecture and implementation of at least one mainstream machine learning programming framework (TensorFlow/Pytorch/MXNet), familiar with its architecture and implementation mechanism.
– Good analytical thinking capability.

Preferred Qualifications:
– Good understanding in one of the following domains: ads bidding & auction, ads quality control, and online advertising systems (familiar with one or more of these terms: CPC/CPM, CTR/CVR, Ranking /Targeting, Conversion/Budget, Campaign/Creative)

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. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

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 https://shorturl.at/cdpT2.