Tech Lead, Machine Learning Engineer - Content Growth

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.

About the Team
The content growth team is an important part of TikTok machine learning. Our main focus is using algorithm approaches to better grow the number of high-quality creators, motivate them to create more videos, and thus enrich the overall quality and diversity of the contents on our platform. Our team's work is vital to the success of the mission to make our product an inclusive and enjoyable platform for users across all age groups and from all backgrounds.

Responsibilities

1. Build the industry leading recommendation system for short-form video
2. Improve recommendation quality via sophisticated ML modeling and domain knowledge
3. Optimize creator and viewer experience by developing better user behavior understanding through advanced data mining techniques

1. 5 years+ of industry experience
2. Strong coding, data, and algorithm fundamentals
3. Excellent analytical skills and passion for tackling challenging problems
4. Keen insight and interest in the product
5. Solid teamwork capabilities
6. Experience in one or more machine learning, natural language processing, and data mining
7. Background in recommendation systems, advertising, creator and/or search is a plus

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $172000 - $337280 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:

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are: 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 as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide 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.