Machine Learning Engineer, TikTok Search Local Services

Singapore Until 8/21/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted March 29, 2026 Last posted March 29, 2026
Job description

Description

Our Search Team enhances local services by improving user discovery of hospitality, dining, and leisure experiences while driving ecosystem growth. They leverage large-scale machine learning to refine search and recommendation systems, focusing on personalized relevance, CTR/CVR prediction, and optimized conversion efficiency for billions of users.

Responsibilities
1. Support the local video service business to enhance user discovery of life services such as hospitality, dining, and leisure;
2. Improve the search experience in local services and promote ecosystem growth;
3. Utilize large-scale machine learning techniques in search and recommendation scenarios with billions of users to: Improve user shopping experiences & Enhance conversion efficiency;
4. Design and implement local services search algorithms across the full stack, including: Query analysis, relevance, recall, coarse ranking, fine ranking, and blended ranking. Personalized behaviour modeling for relevance computation; CTR (Click-Through Rate) prediction, CVR (Conversion Rate) prediction. Vector recall and value blending.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications
1. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills;
2. Strong foundation in machine learning and deep learning, with experience in: NLP (Natural Language Processing), Personalization;
3. Exceptional coding skills with solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms;
4. Proficiency in Linux development environments.

Preferred Qualifications
1. Prior experience in search, recommendation, or advertisement algorithms.
2. Familiarity with local life services and e-commerce businesses.

About this role

Summary

Design and implement ML-driven search algorithms for local services with billions of users

Job title

Machine Learning Engineer, TikTok Search Local Services

Experience level

null

Industry

software

Location requirements

Singapore, remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

analytical skillsproblem solvingmachine learningdeep learningNLPdata structuresalgorithmsLinux

Preferred skills

searchrecommendationadvertisement algorithmslocal life servicese-commerce

Specializations

machine learningdeep learningsearch algorithmsrecommendation systemsNLP
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Singapore

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