Responsibilities
While professional experience and qualifications are key for this role, make sure to check you have the preferable soft skills before applying if required.
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Creation 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.
About the team
On the TikTok Search Team, you will have the opportunity to develop and apply cutting-edge machine learning technologies in real-time large-scale systems, which serve billions of search requests every day.
Via advanced NLP and multi-modal models, our projects impact and improve the search experience for hundreds of millions of users globally.
We embrace a culture of self-direction, intellectual curiosity, openness, and problem-solving.
Responsibilities
- Optimize the searching quality to provide TikTok's users the best search experience.
- Combine your understanding of product objectives and take full advantage of modern machine learning and information retrieval techniques to improve search quality and perception.
- Build the core systems and algorithms development including query understanding, result ranking, query recommendation, system reliability, etc.
- Provide technical leadership to drive search strategy iteration including query understanding, recall & ranking, query recommendation, reliability, etc.
- Provide team guidance, regular feedback, education, coaching, and mentoring.
Qualifications
- Bachelor or advanced degree in computer science or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of related industry experience.
- Experience as tech lead or leading complex and large projects.
- Proficient coding skills and strong algorithm & data structure basis.
- Experience in one or more of the following areas : NLP, Ranking, Ads, search engine, recommender system, distributed system, and machine learning.
- Effective communication and teamwork skills.
- Proficiency in the following languages but not limited to : C / C++, Python, Java, or Golang.
Inclusivity at TikTok
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 creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach.
We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
Accommodations
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs, or other reasons protected by applicable laws.
If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected].
Job Information
Compensation Description (annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $194,000 - $355,000 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience, and location.
Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses / incentives, and restricted stock units.
Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life.
We offer the following benefits to eligible employees :
We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents, and offer a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company match.
As well as Dental, Vision, Short / Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life, and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care.
Our time off and leave plans are : 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.
We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym, and cellphone service reimbursements.
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
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