Research Scientist Intern– E-commerce Recommendation(LLM Applications) - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD)

TikTok
Seattle
Workplace: OnsiteInternshipFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningEducation: phdSkills: ["Collaboration"]

Work on TikTok’s Global E-commerce recommendation effort by building a foundational multimodal large model tailored to e-commerce scenarios. You’ll unify heterogeneous user, product, content, logistics, and inventory data; design an agent framework for task planning and tool use; and deliver end-to-end machine learning systems that power demand forecasting, traffic allocation, and personalized recommendations, improving performance, safety, and compliance.

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Research Scientist Intern– E-commerce Recommendation(LLM Applications) - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD)

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Job Summary

Work on TikTok’s Global E-commerce recommendation effort by building a foundational multimodal large model tailored to e-commerce scenarios. You’ll unify heterogeneous user, product, content, logistics, and inventory data; design an agent framework for task planning and tool use; and deliver end-to-end machine learning systems that power demand forecasting, traffic allocation, and personalized recommendations, improving performance, safety, and compliance.
Location: Seattle
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Internship
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Intern level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build an industry-leading recommendation system to improve user experience, content discovery, and platform security.
  • •Explore generative recommendation techniques, including Diffusion Models and prompt learning, for new content discovery capabilities.
  • •Develop multi-model, cross-scenario systems for unified recommendations across livestreams, short videos, and search.
  • •Deliver end-to-end machine learning solutions for key product challenges.
  • •Own the full stack machine learning system and optimize algorithms and infrastructure to improve recommendation performance.

Key Requirements

  • •Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • •Strong foundation in machine learning and knowledge of cutting-edge AI technologies, with publications in top-tier conferences or competition experience preferred.
  • •Familiarity with big data frameworks such as Hadoop, MapReduce, and Spark.
  • •Experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch for model training and deployment, including mixed precision and distributed training acceleration techniques.
Education:PhD / Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
Skills:Collaboration
Tech Stack:LLMsMultimodal learningHadoopMapReduceSparkTensorFlowPyTorchDiffusion ModelsTensorRTQuantizationPruningDistillationMixed precisionDistributed trainingRLVRWorld modelsPrompt learningImage searchImage classificationImage segmentation

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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