Senior Machine Learning Engineer, TikTok Recommendation-PGC

San Jose, California, US Until 8/21/2026 4+ years exp H-1B sponsor history First posted May 12, 2026 Last posted May 12, 2026
Job description

Description

About the Team
Recommendation algorithm team plays a central role in the company, driving critical product decisions and platform growth. The team is a diverse group of world-level researchers and engineers, who develop and support the production recommendation systems that drive product impact. The team is fast-paced, collaborative and impact-driven.

Responsibilities - What You'II Do
- Develop recommendation systems that improve user experience and platform content ecosystem.
- Build machine learning systems and pipelines to address critical product challenges.
- Own a full stack machine learning system(s), lead its development, support, and improvements.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to design product strategies and build solutions to grow TikTok in the US market.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor degree or above in computer science or a related major, with 4+ years of related work experience.
- Proficient in C/C++, Python and have a deep understanding of data structure and algorithm design. Practical experience using these languages building large-scale production systems.
- Solid knowledge and practical experience developing machine learning systems with at least one popular deep learning framework (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow).
- Experience in one or more of the following areas: applied machine learning, machine learning infrastructure, large-scale recommendation system, market-facing machine learning product.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.

About this role

Summary

Develop and support recommendation systems and machine learning pipelines for TikTok.

Job title

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, TikTok Recommendation-PGC

Experience level

4+ years

Minimum experience

4+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Must be in San Jose, CA; remote not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

C/C++Pythondata structurealgorithmdeep learning framework

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

machine learningrecommendation systemsdeep learningpipelinesrecommendation
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

San Jose, CA, USA

On-site City