Software Engineer, Machine Learning Infrastructure

San Jose, California, US Until 8/21/2026 0+ years exp H-1B sponsor history First posted March 29, 2026 Last posted March 29, 2026
Job description

Description

About The Team
Our Recommendation Architecture Team is responsible for building up and optimizing the architecture for our recommendation system to provide the most stable and best experience for our TikTok users.

What you will be doing:
- Participate in the research and optimization of large-scale machine learning online prediction frameworks, supporting the efficient model recommendation of TikTok's products;
- Involve in processing large-scale feature samples, including data flow conversion, model training, and parameter tuning, addressing related issues through research and breakthroughs;
- Collaborate closely with algorithm teams to analyze and solve above challenges, and assist with practical business needs.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in Computer Science or related fields, with experience building scalable system;
- Proficient in C/C++ programming in a Linux environment;
- Familiar with operating system concepts and computer architecture;
- Understand the underlying framework of mainstream machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch etc);
- Background in one of the following fields: High Performance Computing, Applied ML models(MLP/Transformer/MoE), ML Hardware Acceleration (e.g., GPU/RDMA) or ML Systems.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in deep learning model training and prediction;
- Experience in algorithm implementation or optimization of existing algorithms;
- Familiar with model pruning, quantization and compression methods;
- Experience in software and hardware integration and optimizations.

About this role

Summary

Build scalable machine learning systems, optimize models, and collaborate with teams.

Job title

Software Engineer, Machine Learning Infrastructure

Experience level

entry level

Minimum experience

0+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

On-site in San Jose, remote not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

C++Linuxmachine learning frameworksoperating systemscomputer architecture

Preferred skills

deep learningalgorithm optimizationmodel pruninghardware integration

Specializations

machine learninginfrastructuresystem buildingmodel trainingoptimization
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

San Jose, CA, USA

On-site City