Machine Learning Architect- Data Cycling Center

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.

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 Data Solutions Team is all about understanding data strategically to power growth! Using quantitative and qualitative data, they uncover insights and turn them into real products; handling infrastructure, recognition, and global labeling delivery.

Responsibilities:
- Model optimization: collaborate with data scientists to improve existing machine learning model training and evaluation pipelines, optimize the model training pipeline speed for faster iteration
- Model Deployment: optimize the model inferencing performance through quantization and model conversion, define and leverage appropriate resources for model hosting and inferencing
- Inference Pipeline product prioritization: work with data scientists and data engineers to design and implement the data pipelines for machine learning models that will support the current and future needs of our business
- Service Deployment: build continuous integration, testing, and scalable deployment pipelines in cloud computing environments for machine learning services
- Tracking: build logging, tracking, analyzing, monitoring, and reporting pipelines for both data and model tracking in cloud computing environments to ensure correct model output and stable model performance
- Maintenance: build scalable and reliable infrastructure that supports feature engineering, model training, deployment, inferencing, performance monitoring

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- BS or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
- 5 years of industry experience building ML infrastructure at scale
- 2 years of experience in developing and deploying large-scale systems, version control, scaling and monitoring
- Experience in Machine Learning frameworks (scikit-learn, Tensorflow, Pytorch), big data frameworks (Spark/Hadoop/Flink), and experience in resource management and task scheduling for large-scale distributed systems
- Proficient in Python/SQL and of C++/Go, with deep knowledge of Linux and CD tools (e.g. Git)
- Familiar with cloud infrastructure, good understanding of different data storages and message queues for data streaming and pipelining
- Good communication and teamwork skills to communicate technical concepts with other teammates

Preferred Qualifications:
-Experience with any Go/Python Microservices framework

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 https://shorturl.at/cdpT2

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $201000 - $395000 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: ​