AI Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (TikTok Search) - 2026 Start (PhD)

TikTok
Singapore
Workplace: OnsiteInternshipFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningEducation: phdSkills: ["Communication","Teamwork","Problem-solving","Intellectual curiosity"]

Build and own TikTok’s search engine by combining information retrieval with modern machine learning. Work on NLP, computer vision, multimodal understanding, and query analysis, plus large-scale streaming ML for personalized search. Contribute to data-center-scale architectures and recommendation technologies, optimizing distributed systems for high-availability, high-throughput, and low-latency online services. Join the Search team and launch your 2026 graduate career.

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AI Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (TikTok Search) - 2026 Start (PhD)

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Job Summary

Build and own TikTok’s search engine by combining information retrieval with modern machine learning. Work on NLP, computer vision, multimodal understanding, and query analysis, plus large-scale streaming ML for personalized search. Contribute to data-center-scale architectures and recommendation technologies, optimizing distributed systems for high-availability, high-throughput, and low-latency online services. Join the Search team and launch your 2026 graduate career.
Location: Singapore
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Internship
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Intern level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Explore and apply deep learning for NLP tasks such as word segmentation and Named Entity Recognition (NER), plus text/multimodal pre-training, query analysis, and relevance modeling.
  • •Develop cross-modal matching to combine computer vision and NLP for semantic understanding and multimodal video search retrieval.
  • •Use large-scale streaming machine learning to address recommendation challenges and improve personalization.
  • •Research and innovate on large-scale data architectures, optimizing distributed systems for performance, scheduling, and scalable online serving.
  • •Build and iterate on ultra-large-scale search recommendation systems and related recommendation technologies.

Key Requirements

  • •Final year Ph.D or recent Ph.D graduates in Computer Science, engineering, or a quantitative field.
  • •Proficient coding skills and strong algorithm & data structure using C++/Python/Java.
  • •Solid knowledge of machine learning with practical experience applying it.
  • •Effective communication and teamwork skills.
  • •Modeling experience in Ads, search engine, recommender systems, and/or NLP/CV.
Experience:PhDMachine learningNLPComputer visionMultimodalRecommender systems
Education:PhD / Doctorate in Computer Science, engineering, or quantitative field
Skills:CommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingIntellectual curiosity
Tech Stack:C++PythonJavaNLPComputer VisionMultimodalRecommender SystemsLLMsDistributed systems

Company Brief

TikTok
Short-form video platform that lets users create, share, and discover entertainment content through algorithmic recommendations. It also offers advertising and creator tools for brands, influencers, and businesses.
Industry: Digital Media
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 2016
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