Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (TikTok Local Service Search) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Overview Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (TikTok Local Service Search) - 2026 Start (BS/MS). TikTok is seeking graduates for a full-time role in the Local Service Search team. As a graduate, you will have opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and grow with a fast-moving global tech company. Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of 2026. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume. 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 and 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. Include personalized behavior modeling for relevance computation; CTR prediction; CVR prediction; vector recall; and value blending. Utilize large language models to understand users' complex local service search queries, summarize key points from videos, comments, and POI reviews, and combine them into structured AI search formats to enhance local service queries (e.g., destination choices, hotel search, tourism, food and beverage reviews). Minimum Qualifications Final year or recent graduate with a background in computer science or a related technical discipline. Proficient coding skills and strong algorithms and data structures knowledge using C++, Python, or Java. Solid knowledge of machine learning and practical experience applying it. Preferred Qualifications Effective communication and teamwork skills. Modeling experience in one or more of the following areas: Ads, Search engine, Recommender System, NLP/CV. Solid foundation in algorithms related to LLMs, including multi-modal and single-modal LLM applications and deployment. By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to TikTok's global applicant privacy policy, which may be accessed here: https://careers.tiktok.com/legal/privacy If you have any questions, please reach out to apac-earlycareers@tiktok.com J-18808-Ljbffr

Location: Singapore, Singapore, SG

Posted Date: 9/17/2025