Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. TikTok is a short-form mobile video platform seeking a Machine Learning Engineer Intern to support its e-commerce governance and experience algorithm team. The role focuses on designing algorithms to detect and control risks and fraud across e-commerce content, products, sellers, and creators, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to define products and engineering initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Work with a team to design and implement algorithms to detect and control risks/frauds in contents/products/sellers/creators
- Collaborate with strategy team, product managers, policy team and ops team to help define products and drive initiatives from engineering viewpoints
Skills
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related discipline
- An understanding or keen interest in machine learning, NLP, or computer vision
- Familiarity with programming languages such as C++, Python, Go, or Java
- A profound sense of responsibility, coupled with exceptional communication and teamwork skills
- Interest or experience in anti-fraud, anti-spam, platform-integrity, or similar fields would be a cherry on top
Benefits
- Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more.
- Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year.
- Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year).
- Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.
- Remote work arrangement.
- Hands-on learning, enriching community-building and professional development events, and collaboration with industry experts.
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