CV/NLP/Multimodal LLM Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (TikTok-Trust and Safety) - 2026 Start[...]

CV/NLP/Multimodal LLM Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (TikTok-Trust and Safety) - 2026 Start (PhD) We are looking for a new graduate to join our algorithm team, which develops state‑of‑the‑art computer vision, NLP, and multimodal models to protect the platform and its users from content and behaviors that violate community guidelines and regulations. Location: Seattle Employment Type: Regular Job Code: A118837 Responsibilities Collaborate with product teams to define business objectives and improve trust and safety strategy. Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy machine learning models, design online model workflow, and implement serving pipelines at scale. Collaborate with the data scientist team to understand key challenges and propose data‑driven strategies. Work on state‑of‑the‑art content understanding techniques including unimodal/multimodal content classifiers, active learning models, reinforcement learning models, and large language models. Optimize our distributed model training framework continuously. Qualifications Individuals who are completing or have recently completed a PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics or similar quantitative fields. Hands‑on or academic experience in machine learning, large language models, recommendation systems, and related areas. Strong coding skills. Curiosity toward new technologies and entrepreneurship, good communication and teamwork skills. Job Information The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $148,200 - $300,960 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. Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure). By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to our global applicant privacy policy, which may be accessed here: For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) candidates: Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: 1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues; 2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and 3. Exercising sound judgment. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice. #J-18808-Ljbffr TikTok