Software Engineer Graduate (AI Platform) - 2025 Start (PhD)

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 its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join UsCreation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.

Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity;

to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At TikTok, we create together and grow together.

That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve. Join us. The AI Platform team is a team focusing on building advanced end-to-end production pipelines with core technologies including generative AI, intelligent editing and content understanding.

By utilizing AI model training, optimization, deployment and applications, we provide cutting-edge AI capabilities to empower content creation and consumption on TikTok and serve billions of users.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2025. As a graduate, you will get unparalleled opportunities for you to kickstart your career, pursue bold ideas and explore limitless growth opportunities.

Co-create a future driven by your inspiration with TikTok. Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2025.

We will prioritize candidates who are able to commit to these start dates. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early. Candidates can apply for a maximum of TWO positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you applied for.

The application limit is applicable to TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Responsibilities- Design, architect and implement large-scale machine learning systems / infrastructure / services with generative AI models, including t2i, t2v and VLLMs.

Build cross-platform applications to explore new technologies and new product directions.- Research on generative AI model training and inference optimization, propose efficient optimization strategies and develop prototypes on various platforms.

Minimum Qualifications : - Current year or recent graduate with a background in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
• Strong CS fundamentals (algorithms and data structures) and problem-solving skills- Experience with Python / C++ / Golang- Experience dealing with concurrent systems and architectures.
• Experience with standard deep learning frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, TensorRT etc. Preferred Qualifications : - Demonstrated software engineering experience from previous internships, work experience, coding competitions, or publications- High levels of creativity and quick problem-solving capabilities
30+ days ago