Machine Learning Engineer - Trust and Safety Platform

About TikTok
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 we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.​

Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.​

We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion​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.

Responsibilities

Our engineering team is responsible for developing state-of-the-art machine learning models and algorithms to protect our platform and users from the content and behaviors that violate community guidelines and related local regulations. With the continuous efforts from our team, TikTok is able to provide the best user experience and bring joy to everyone in the world.

1. Build industry leading content safety systems for TikTok;

2. Develop highly-scalable classifiers, tools, models and algorithms leveraging cutting edge machine learning, computer vision and data mining technologies;

3. Understand product objectives and improve trust and safety strategy and model's performance;

4. Work with cross-functional teams to protect TikTok globally

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

1. Major in computer science or a related technical discipline;

2. At least 3 years of experience in at least one of the following areas: machine learning, pattern recognition, NLP, data mining, or computer vision.

a) Experience in the recommendation, search, advertising, or other related projects.

b) Published papers in the top AI conferences or journals is a plus, including KDD, IJCAI, WWW, WSDM, ICML, NeurIPS, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, ACL, etc.;

c) Competition experience in machine learning, data mining, CV, NLP and others.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience in content moderation or trust & safety is a plus;

2. Well understanding of data structures and algorithms;

3. Great communication and teamwork skills;

4. Passion for techniques and solving challenging problems.