Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (Global E-Commerce, Search) - 2026 Start (PhD)

ByteDance
Singapore
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningEducation: phdSkills: ["Analysis","Modeling","Problem-solving","Coding","Communication","Project execution","Self-driven"]

Build and improve a large-scale e-commerce search engine powering best-in-class shopping experiences for over a billion monthly users. You’ll optimize query analysis and text relevance, implement multi-modal (NLP/CV/video) matching, and design end-to-end ranking systems to improve personalization and conversion/GMV. Work with deployed model platforms and collaborate on ecosystem challenges like supply-demand matching and cold start.

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Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (Global E-Commerce, Search) - 2026 Start (PhD)

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Job Summary

Build and improve a large-scale e-commerce search engine powering best-in-class shopping experiences for over a billion monthly users. You’ll optimize query analysis and text relevance, implement multi-modal (NLP/CV/video) matching, and design end-to-end ranking systems to improve personalization and conversion/GMV. Work with deployed model platforms and collaborate on ecosystem challenges like supply-demand matching and cold start.
Location: Singapore
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Graduate level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Improve search quality and user experience by optimizing query analysis and text relevance matching and implementing multi-modal matching.
  • •Design and implement end-to-end ranking systems, including recall and multi-stage ranking and mixed rows.
  • •Improve personalized shopping interests modeling and conversion efficiency to support GMV growth across merchandise, video, and live stream.
  • •Solve ecosystem challenges such as supply-demand matching, business cold start, and sustainable growth of GMV by iterating system evolution.
  • •Work with deployed software platforms for model deployment and collaborate as part of a team using statistics, scripting, and programming languages.

Key Requirements

  • •Completing or recently completed a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • •Excellent coding skills with solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
  • •Strong analysis, modeling, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to extract the essence of problems from complex data.
  • •Industry work experience in machine learning.
  • •Good product sense focused on user experience.
Experience:Machine learning
Education:PhD / Doctorate in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline
Skills:AnalysisModelingProblem-solvingCodingCommunicationProject executionSelf-driven
Tech Stack:Machine learningNLPCVMulti-modalLarge-scale machine learningScripting

Company Brief

ByteDance
Develops consumer internet and content platforms, including TikTok and other apps for short-form video, news, and entertainment. It also builds advertising, commerce, and creator tools that connect audiences, brands, and publishers across global markets.
Industry: Digital Media
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Beijing, China
Founded: 2012
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