Machine Learning Engineer, Push Notification-TikTok Recommendation

San Jose, CA, United States

Responsibilities

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

The Push Notification team is responsible for TikTok notification sending strategies and algorithms for both in-app, out-of-app, and inbox page notifications. Our team is one of the core teams that contribute most significantly to the growth of TikTok active user base. Every day, tens of millions of users open the TikTok platform through these push notifications and access content they find interesting and valuable. Your contribution to the team will have the opportunity to directly reach hundreds of millions of users on TikTok.

We aim to build the world-leading push system, developing cutting-edge push technology and providing users with the most relevant content at the most appropriate time thus creating a solid user base and creating long-term value for TikTok.

Responsibilities- What You'll Do

- Optimize push notification timing strategies and models, enhancing the system's time and frequency selection capabilities using Reinforcement Learning, Deep Time-Series models, etc., to improve user experience and relevant metrics.

- Apply mainstream and cutting-edge machine learning models, such as DeepFM, Uplift model, Deep Retrieval, DIN, etc., for the optimization of recall, pre-ranking, and ranking models. This includes optimizing model structure, feature engineering, and model performance.

- Build industry-leading push systems, including strategies, models based on massive data, better user interest modeling, and enhanced user experience.

- Support several vertical businesses, such as social push, live-stream push, trending push, etc., collaborating with product and operations teams to develop push notification strategies and enhance the contribution of push notifications to different vertical businesses.

- Optimize push content creativity, including auto-generation and optimal selection of copy, images, and other elements.

Qualifications

- Bachelor degree or above in computer science or a related major, with 2+ years of related work experience.

- Strong coding skills with a solid foundation in data structures and algorithms.

- Strong ability to analyze and solve problems, passionate about addressing challenging issues.

- Strong communication and teamwork skills.

- Prior experience in push & recommendation systems, search engines, computational advertising, and related fields is preferred.

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 to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

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:

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $145000 - $250000 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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